Who needs 1 TB of hard drive?

[Dave McClung]

I remember wondering what I would do with all that memory when I bought a 20 MB hard drive. When I bought a 1 Gig HD, I thought that was all I would ever need.

Well, Tiger Direct is now offering a 1 TB hard drive for less than $500!! All of the digital photos I have taken since I started using a digital camera (10 years ago), takes up less than 300 Gig.

Still, if trends continue, I will be needing a 1 TB hard drive within a couple of years.

Here is the Tiger Direct link:

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=2204150

[Hans Deventer]

Well, Tiger Direct is now offering a 1 TB hard drive for less than $500!!

Dave, I saw a WD 500 Gb external harddisk for € 120 in the Netherlands the other day. For $ 500 I'd want it to come at least with a network connection, not only Firewire or USB.
I have 250 Gb external HD connected to a server, so both Hannie and me can use it. But if one doesn't have a server running all the time, I'd go for one with a 100 Mbit network connection.

[Bob Wright]

Dave,
I think you could get the same drive from Newegg a little cheaper. they offer a one year warranty (30 day return policy) and it is $408.49 plus $9.44 shipping. We do a lot of buying from them, and we have always had good service. That is not the cheapest that they have, but Western Digital is pretty good brand. The link is: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136100
Yes, it takes lots of storage for pics and videos.

[Dave McClung]

Dave,
I think you could get the same drive from Newegg a little cheaper. they offer a one year warranty (30 day return policy) and it is $408.49 plus $9.44 shipping. We do a lot of buying from them, and we have always had good service. That is not the cheapest that they have, but Western Digital is pretty good brand. The link is: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136100
Yes, it takes lots of storage for pics and videos.

Thanks, Bob. I am not ordering it because I currently have enough hd space. The computer I recently bought has 4 hard drives:

3 250 gb and 1 500 gb. In addition, I have a couple of 250 gb external drives that I use for backup. That should be enough to hold me for a couple more years of photography. My new camera uses 10 mb per picture if I take it at max size and quality.

[Adam Spriggs]

I think most people that are in the market for these large drives and running some sort of Media Center and using their PCs as DVRs. A normal 30 minutes show is almost 2 gig.

[Jonathan Long]

I've already got over 2 TB ...

1 TB is in a raid I use for DV editing, the other is for general computer storage.

I remember buying my first 1 GB ( $600.00 back then) and thinking I'll never need to get more storage than that....

Jon

[Dave McClung]

I've already got over 2 TB ...

1 TB is in a raid I use for DV editing, the other is for general computer storage.

I remember buying my first 1 GB ( $600.00 back then) and thinking I'll never need to get more storage than that....

Jon

Jonathan

How are you liking your Nikon D200? I am still learning the adjustements, but I really like it. It has the feel of a "real" camera.

[Jonathan Long]

I love the Nikon!

I also got a FujiFilm S3....

The scary part is I'm using the Fuji more than the Nikon lately.

I also got a bunch of 4GB CF cards - just so I can shoot everything in "Raw".

Jon