http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/22/buffalo-brings-out-internal-external-mediastation-8x-blu-ray-b/ Engadget Comments for Buffalo brings out internal / external MediaStation 8x Blu-ray burners http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/22/buffalo-brings-out-internal-external-mediastation-8x-blu-ray-b/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/22/buffalo-brings-out-internal-external-mediastation-8x-blu-ray-b/Sep 22nd 2008 12:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/22/buffalo-brings-out-internal-external-mediastation-8x-blu-ray-b/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/22/buffalo-brings-out-internal-external-mediastation-8x-blu-ray-b/Too bad I don't have any use for it currently]]>Sep 22nd 2008 12:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/22/buffalo-brings-out-internal-external-mediastation-8x-blu-ray-b/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/22/buffalo-brings-out-internal-external-mediastation-8x-blu-ray-b/Sep 22nd 2008 2:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/22/buffalo-brings-out-internal-external-mediastation-8x-blu-ray-b/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/22/buffalo-brings-out-internal-external-mediastation-8x-blu-ray-b/I'd get one blu-ray burner if the price was $100. Just in case. But I'd need $2-3 per blu-ray disks to use that burner.
But with unlimited fast internet and 1TB+ storages I don't really need a blu-ray or DVD burner. Only a reader to play those licensed movies.
And I don't need a reader either because Blu-Ray movies have a 10x price compared to DVDs, while not providing similar quality increase.
And no, I won't get an "upscaling DVD player" from Toshiba either, HDTVs can do the job just fine, so I'd rather spend more on HDTV and connect it to PC via HDMI.]]>Sep 22nd 2008 12:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/22/buffalo-brings-out-internal-external-mediastation-8x-blu-ray-b/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/22/buffalo-brings-out-internal-external-mediastation-8x-blu-ray-b/Sep 22nd 2008 7:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/22/buffalo-brings-out-internal-external-mediastation-8x-blu-ray-b/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/22/buffalo-brings-out-internal-external-mediastation-8x-blu-ray-b/Sep 22nd 2008 1:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/22/buffalo-brings-out-internal-external-mediastation-8x-blu-ray-b/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/22/buffalo-brings-out-internal-external-mediastation-8x-blu-ray-b/Sep 22nd 2008 1:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/22/buffalo-brings-out-internal-external-mediastation-8x-blu-ray-b/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/22/buffalo-brings-out-internal-external-mediastation-8x-blu-ray-b/Sep 22nd 2008 1:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/22/buffalo-brings-out-internal-external-mediastation-8x-blu-ray-b/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/22/buffalo-brings-out-internal-external-mediastation-8x-blu-ray-b/
This is your teacher. You don't think I'm watching you from behind my desk, but I am. Now, please turn off your internet-surfing phone and turn in your vocabulary homework from chapter 6.
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This is what happens when you...a stranger in the...!]]>Sep 22nd 2008 3:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/22/buffalo-brings-out-internal-external-mediastation-8x-blu-ray-b/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/22/buffalo-brings-out-internal-external-mediastation-8x-blu-ray-b/Sep 22nd 2008 3:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/22/buffalo-brings-out-internal-external-mediastation-8x-blu-ray-b/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/22/buffalo-brings-out-internal-external-mediastation-8x-blu-ray-b/http://www.circuitcity.com/ccd/productDetail.do?oid=220343]]>Sep 22nd 2008 1:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/22/buffalo-brings-out-internal-external-mediastation-8x-blu-ray-b/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/22/buffalo-brings-out-internal-external-mediastation-8x-blu-ray-b/Sep 22nd 2008 1:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/22/buffalo-brings-out-internal-external-mediastation-8x-blu-ray-b/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/22/buffalo-brings-out-internal-external-mediastation-8x-blu-ray-b/Sep 22nd 2008 1:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/22/buffalo-brings-out-internal-external-mediastation-8x-blu-ray-b/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/22/buffalo-brings-out-internal-external-mediastation-8x-blu-ray-b/
I find it much easier backing up to an external hard dive. Swapping discs is a real PITA.]]>Sep 22nd 2008 5:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/22/buffalo-brings-out-internal-external-mediastation-8x-blu-ray-b/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/22/buffalo-brings-out-internal-external-mediastation-8x-blu-ray-b/Sep 22nd 2008 7:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/22/buffalo-brings-out-internal-external-mediastation-8x-blu-ray-b/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/22/buffalo-brings-out-internal-external-mediastation-8x-blu-ray-b/Sep 22nd 2008 6:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/22/buffalo-brings-out-internal-external-mediastation-8x-blu-ray-b/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/22/buffalo-brings-out-internal-external-mediastation-8x-blu-ray-b/
However, due to some patent garbage, their wireless stuff is on hold. :(

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In the past it was more expensive to buy an external HDD for the same amount of space than a pack of CD's then DVD's NOW it is the other way around, as long as the drive is secure and has SOME cushion in it then the space war/compatibility is over.

500G is about perfect right now, and maybe even by Christmas with 1.5T prices the LOWLY 1T could be the winner.

It still sounds good 25G per disc, but the price point is way out there, add in the burner, a player for the movies and there is no way to make it pay off either right now or for the next year at the very least
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When I bought it I hoped to make back-ups of DVDs and Blu-Ray discs I purchased and while ripping DVDs works well, no one has put out a Blu-Ray ripping package yet. I talked to the SlySoft people, for example, and their response was that at $25 or so per disc, the demand for this just hasn't warranted the investment to finalize and release code of this sort. Oh well... at least I can deal with region codes and other misc. Blu-Ray things...

Fundamantally though, this is a good unit and I strongly suspect that it will be worth it's price in the longer term. We shall see.]]>Sep 23rd 2008 10:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/22/buffalo-brings-out-internal-external-mediastation-8x-blu-ray-b/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/22/buffalo-brings-out-internal-external-mediastation-8x-blu-ray-b/Sep 23rd 2008 8:56PM