[mythtv-users] Cheap SCSI scanners - was:The Bigger... Disk contest, Fall 2007 edition

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Sat, Oct 20, 2007 at 02:14:50PM -0600, Brian Wood wrote:
> Beta is still in use by commercial broadcasters, while the "pro" variant
> of VHS (DVC Pro) is used only by very low-budget outfits.

Beta is only-just-barely still in brodcast use; anything top-30 markets
is into at least DigiBeta, which shares nothing but the cartride.

DVCPro is actually still in quite a bit of use in, again, markets 31
and down; I don't think it ever cracked the top 30.  Though it's
counterpart, DVCam, did, so maybe...

> (Good Rule in Life: If the word "pro" appears in a product name, it isn't)

Usually.

> SCSI is still used in most commercial servers, and Even Apple is
> starting ot use a lot of USB devices.

Well, those aren't USB *to the bubble*, so that's apples and oranges.

Those ATA over Ethernet guys haven't gotten to-the-bubble traction,
either, I don't think.

> (BTW - I just bought a pair of Seagate 73GB 10K RPM Ultra-3 SCSI drives
> for $42 each)

Yeah; that stuff is *much* cheaper on the secondary market; especially
the 80-pin drives.  If it werent for the cost of *housings*, that's
where I'd take my sister's machine.

Cheers,
-- jra
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