[BNM] [OT] DVD RAM

[Antony Jones]

> (I should of course have made it clear that I mean this for DVD players,
> not
> 'puters.) I guess I'm just being tight, but DVD-RAM machines are >£100
> cheaper than HDD ones, and all I really want to do is pause telly for
> crying
> baby attendance/empty glasses/full bladders, so I'm thinking that one
> DVD-RAM will do me.

Can you pause tv on a dvd-ram? I didn't think this was possible.

Of course our Humax 8500 dual tuner (or something similar) can do this no problem - but it has a hard disk (and runs linux!)

You're getting stingy about costs? When you need to replace your disks after so many writes, then you'll see the hidden costs.

Plus, we have had three dvd-ram capable Philips/Sony machines, and the drives break after 2 years of medium-high use. You don't want to pause tv with these things.

Antony Jones
Developer
 
Gamesys Limited
e: antonyj at gamesys.co.uk
t: 0207 287 1571
a: 3rd Floor, 54-62 Regent Street, LONDON, W1B 5RE


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Dussek [mailto:tomdussek at hotmail.com]
> Sent: 06 March 2006 15:09
> To: Brighton New Media
> Subject: Re: [BNM] [OT] DVD RAM
> 
> (I should of course have made it clear that I mean this for DVD players,
> not
> 'puters.) I guess I'm just being tight, but DVD-RAM machines are >£100
> cheaper than HDD ones, and all I really want to do is pause telly for
> crying
> baby attendance/empty glasses/full bladders, so I'm thinking that one
> DVD-RAM will do me.
> 
> And by the way, what does 'HTH' actually mean?! God, I'm getting old....
> You
> crazy kids with your street talk!
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "James Bowman" <James at i2ic.com>
> To: "Brighton New Media" <bnmlist at brightonnewmedia.org>
> Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 2:45 PM
> Subject: Re: [BNM] [OT] DVD RAM
> 
> 
> DVD-RAM is a good, reliable rewritable format (well the caddy makes it
> feel
> tough), but the media is relatively expensive and the writing a little on
> the slow side.
> 
> In answer to your question about why you'd want a hard disk over DVD-RAM,
> the HDD would be faster, have a higher capacity and a much lower cost per
> GB.
> 
> HTH.
> 
> James.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Dussek [mailto:tomdussek at hotmail.com]
> Sent: 06 March 2006 14:36
> To: Brighton New Media
> Subject: [BNM] [OT] DVD RAM
> 
> Has anyone got any experiences of DVD-RAM? Is it fast? Why would anyone
> has
> an HDD if DVD-RAM is so good?
> 
> Tom Dussek
> 
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