[MacDV] VCR to DVD Strategy

[Nick Scalise]

> From: Patty Winter <patty1 at sonic.net>
> 
>    >From: Nick Scalise <nickscalise at cox.net>
>    >
>    >You could also just buy another firewire drive. If you buy a bare drive and an empty enclosure and build it yourself, you can get it pretty cheap.
>   
> I was going to suggest additional storage to Dennis, also, but I hadn't
> thought of homebrewing. I know that when I buy a name-brand drive, it
> comes with the right drivers for Macs and works smoothly. What would I
> have to do to accomplish the same results myself? And what kind of cost
> savings are we talking about? (The name-brand FW 800 drives seem to run 
> about $1/GB these days; less for FW 400.)

FW400 cases are about $40. Here's one that is recommended from another list I am on:
<http://www.pcmicrostore.com/PartDetail.aspx?q=p:10500933>
And another recommended one:
<http://www.pcmicrostore.com/PartDetail.aspx?q=p:10502309>

Here's a Firewire 800 for $58:
<http://www.pcmicrostore.com/PartDetail.aspx?q=p:10502314>

NewEgg.com has a Western Digital 320GB HD on sale for $115.00.

About $.50 - $.55/GB

That's a start anyway. CompUSA and BestBuy sometime have sales on stuff too. If you want you can go over to dealmac.com and sign up for them to notify you when stuff goes on sale.

Standard disclaimer, I am not at all affiliated with any of the above stores, websites or manufacturers.


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Nick Scalise
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