Re: Re: DVD Jukebox recommendations ?

[Chris Hunter <cjhunter@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

'sounds good ... 'though15' for single & 40' for double sounds a
bit=20=20
disproportionate !   Presumably, ISO means no loss of viewing=20=20
experience ?   We don't have a TV, so only watch DVDs on the Mac -=20=20
these days, that means an iMac (LCD screen, not nearly as good as the=20=20
old colour-calibrated CRT on old 'G4 Mac, which needs repair, but=20=20
loads better than what we've seen of TV ... maybe we've missed=20=20
something, but we were in John Lewis the other day, for the first=20=20
time in many years, looking for a TV for MIL, and we took the=20=20
opportunity to look at quite a few) ... hmmm, 4.7Gb x 700 plus=20=20
something to spare =3D 4Tb =3D one Drobo, maybe two with redundancy ... =
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wonder if a CD Jukebox working with one of our old Macs to rip the=20=20
lot in the background, to a Drobo off a Time Capsule, would work,=20=20
with reloads of the 'box every few days ?   How smoothly would the=20=20
op' go, I wonder ? !

Chris


On 6 May 2008, at 10:34, noel_pilot wrote:

> To me your requirements sound perfect for this kind of task, my pc
> used to take about 15 mins for a normal dvd, up to around 40mins for a
> dual layer dvd to rip the full thing and compress to 4.7gb iso files.
> And my pc isn't anything special its about four years old.
> If time is an issue then =A3160 for one of those jukeboxes and then
'Rip
> All' would be awesome!
>
> Those jukeboxes appear to be pc connection only as opposed to
> something you'd use to navigate and watch films from on your tv.
>
> Hope this has helped a bit
> Noel
>
>
> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, Chris Hunter <cjhunter@...> wrote:
>>
>> SWMBO ...

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