Black5Lion
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I'm not sure this is in the right place, but as stated in the title: Are Blu-ray disks a valid option as a replacement for an external HDD? (think long-term storage and things that I will never delete)
I currently have 2 external HDDs a 1TB and a 2TB, they're both almost full (around 50GB left). My first Idea was to build a NAS, but I didn't need to access it on more than one pc at a time and I didn't want it to run 24/7, so I thought RaidBox but that turned out too expensive for my budget
So now I've checked around amazon for blu-rays and I could get a 25 set of 25gb BD 6x for ~$25 which is about 25GB/$ and around 625GB for only $25!
External writers are as cheap as $100 so that shouldn't be a problem
Now rises the problem As I never used Blu-rays (except for a couple of movies on my PS3) before, I'm not quite sure how I would go about writing/reading from them. Is it as simple as DVDs where I just write with something like Nero or the built in windows burner and just open it with windows explorer whenever I need it? Or do I need special software to use Blu-Ray disks? (I'm not talking about buying blu-ray movies, I'm talking about general stuff, like family photos and videos, some old shows and cartoons, etc.. they'll be listed as general files)
For those who don't want to bother reading ^ that wall of text,
TL;DR
Do I need special software to use blu-rays as if they were DVDs/CDs?
Edit: I figured I should include links to what I'm talking about, so here:
http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-SE-506BB-TSBD-External-Blu-ray/dp/B00AO1XFM0/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top
http://www.amazon.com/Verbatim-9745...&qid=1392397890&sr=8-1&keywords=blu-ray+blank
Are those two compatible? Alternatively will it be chaper/better to use dual layer BD or single layer BD?
Edit2: Yet another question rises, if this works (which I hope it does...) I want to make sure, are Blu-ray disks write ones and read as much as you want? or are they like RW DVD that you can erase and rewrite?
Also what is the difference between BD-R (seems to be readily available) and BD-RE (can't find anything on it except the Samsung writers page) ?
I currently have 2 external HDDs a 1TB and a 2TB, they're both almost full (around 50GB left). My first Idea was to build a NAS, but I didn't need to access it on more than one pc at a time and I didn't want it to run 24/7, so I thought RaidBox but that turned out too expensive for my budget
So now I've checked around amazon for blu-rays and I could get a 25 set of 25gb BD 6x for ~$25 which is about 25GB/$ and around 625GB for only $25!
External writers are as cheap as $100 so that shouldn't be a problem
Now rises the problem As I never used Blu-rays (except for a couple of movies on my PS3) before, I'm not quite sure how I would go about writing/reading from them. Is it as simple as DVDs where I just write with something like Nero or the built in windows burner and just open it with windows explorer whenever I need it? Or do I need special software to use Blu-Ray disks? (I'm not talking about buying blu-ray movies, I'm talking about general stuff, like family photos and videos, some old shows and cartoons, etc.. they'll be listed as general files)
For those who don't want to bother reading ^ that wall of text,
TL;DR
Do I need special software to use blu-rays as if they were DVDs/CDs?
Edit: I figured I should include links to what I'm talking about, so here:
http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-SE-506BB-TSBD-External-Blu-ray/dp/B00AO1XFM0/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top
http://www.amazon.com/Verbatim-9745...&qid=1392397890&sr=8-1&keywords=blu-ray+blank
Are those two compatible? Alternatively will it be chaper/better to use dual layer BD or single layer BD?
Edit2: Yet another question rises, if this works (which I hope it does...) I want to make sure, are Blu-ray disks write ones and read as much as you want? or are they like RW DVD that you can erase and rewrite?
Also what is the difference between BD-R (seems to be readily available) and BD-RE (can't find anything on it except the Samsung writers page) ?
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