The media is way too expensive anyway, and hard drives are cheap. For $100, you get 4 Blu-ray discs (25GB) or a 1TB reusable hard drive. You do the math!
BD-Rs are not even close to THAT pricey. Unless you listened to that Best Buy Salesman who convinced you that $100 HDMI cable was a score sold you these discs.
Google "BD-R price" and you get $4.00 per disc from multiple vendors.
The purpose of a BD recorder is to archive. MANY MANY films won't be on Blu-ray for a long while, but they're still broadcast in HD with very good quality. HDNet Movies is a great example -- I had a 21GB 2001: A Space Odyssey that was so good, I didn't feel the need to replace with the BD (the BD *is* better, but the broadcast was awesome).
Currently, there is NO WAY in the US to archive (as opposed to DVR time shifting) HD content. A BD Recorder will fix that. And at $4.00 a disc, that's a great price for a keeper.
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The media is way too expensive anyway, and hard drives are cheap. For $100, you get 4 Blu-ray discs (25GB) or a 1TB reusable hard drive. You do the math!
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BD-Rs are not even close to THAT pricey. Unless you listened to that Best Buy Salesman who convinced you that $100 HDMI cable was a score sold you these discs.
Google "BD-R price" and you get $4.00 per disc from multiple vendors.
The purpose of a BD recorder is to archive. MANY MANY films won't be on Blu-ray for a long while, but they're still broadcast in HD with very good quality. HDNet Movies is a great example -- I had a 21GB 2001: A Space Odyssey that was so good, I didn't feel the need to replace with the BD (the BD *is* better, but the broadcast was awesome).
Currently, there is NO WAY in the US to archive (as opposed to DVR time shifting) HD content. A BD Recorder will fix that. And at $4.00 a disc, that's a great price for a keeper.
-Pie
25 Gb BD-R is only $5 at the most. If you buy them in spindles of 25, they are only $4.
Apparently you missed the whole 'if you could afford' aspect of this question.