A few months ago I was looking to buy an external hard-drive, or an internal and putting into a case for storage. And the prices were nuts, a 500gb was around $129-139. And I was talking to my brother in law about, and he also mentioned that the prices were crazy (he works as a system admin for Sun Trust) and he was saying that the prices had doubled in just a short time. Today I'm looking at the prices again, the the prices are back to normal. A 1tb external drive is $70, and a 750gb drive is $60. Anywho I think I'll be picking one of these up today.
I saw a 3tb for $130 on the site, I'm looking for something that's rather cheap. And the 1tb is more than what I need now. But I may pick up a 3tb later on.
Here's a slight improvement in your range: $60 after rebate, 1T, USB 3.0. You can find 1T drives in the $50-$60 range, although most are a little more.
I tend to agree with this. The space fills up surprisingly quickly. Just one word of caution. The Windows 7 backup utility and certain standard 3T drive formatting do not, apparently, get along. Keep this in consideration if the plan is to use the external in part to back up an internal drive on such a machine, and be sure to reformat the drive, if necessary, before putting a lot of other stuff on it.
Thanks for that info, I had no idea that was a problem. And going on that info, I'm also thinking about switching out the hard-drive on the laptop. Does Windows 7 let you image the drive to another one so you can switch them out? Or would I need a separate utility?
I think I paid about $60 for a 2tb external drive like two years ago. Where the hell are you guys shopping?
I've never seen prices quite that good. More like $80 for a 2T if you wait for a good sale/rebate, but usually the best I see is around $90--I looked for a while before settling on the 3T/$130. Price didn't seem to vary much at all across sellers. $60 for a 2T sounds like a used/refurb from an unknown seller, but if not it's just a great deal.
I gotta 1 terabyte drive plus a 2 terabyte drive cause my older terabyte drive finally died. was left with a one.
What on Earth are you guys storing? Jeez, a few years ago I got a 500 gb hard drive and it's still barely a third full.
On mine is iTunes stuff. It was taking up over 400 GB on my 500 GB drive and I needed to move it so I could fit other stuff onto the 500 GB one.
I've not bought a CD in almost five years. I do buy DVD/BluRay but only if they come with a digital download. Eventually as I upgrade the computer system and hook it into the TV system I'll be moving away from DVD/BluRay and going all digital. I rarely pop in a DVD/BluRay when I have the digital download and it's on Netflix (TV series). Fiction Books? Can't remember the last one I bought at a book store. I do know that since I got my Kindle I've not bought one in over two years though in physical form. Non-Fiction? A handful. Generally survival books, workout books, gun books, self-defense books, some that are not yet digital but I desperately want, some that I want to add to the physical library such as history books and classics (Wizard of Oz, Whit Fang etc etc). The survival books obviously want those in physical form. The other books are too big to be on the Kindle in terms of formatting. And as for classics I like to add them to my physical library. All other non-fiction goes Kindle. I've even bought a Dilbert book for the Kindle to see what it looked like. It came out okay but I still like to buy those to add to the physical library much like my beloved Calvin & Hobbes collection. Magazines? Still in physical form. Flirted with Reason and National Review on Kindle. Both okay but I do not like that it seems that almost all magazines for eReaders (including iPad magazines) do not contain all the articles. Also I do not like that most magazines don't include the pictures or graphs. And they all still want to charge almost as much as the physical copy. I think magazines have a long way to go. Also too many magazines have to many problems in formatting that have to be solved. I would love to get rid of all print magazines and have nothing but digital subscriptions that automatically download. Newspapers? Practically worthless. Even worse then the magazines. Especially in the cost department. If you want a newspaper it's almost always better to buy it in physical form. Comic books? Graphic novels? Not really into that right now. A iPad or Kindle Fire could change that. In short I'm willing to move everything to digital. I'm just waiting for the content providers to get on the ball.
A good HD movie file (MKV) runs about 7-10 GB. The 11 Trek films in HD, plus the first 3 series (and TAS) in SD would push the limit of a 500 GB drive. And that's just a start. I have 2 1TB drives for movies & TV, and a 320 GB drive for music. The Music drive is almost full. That's not counting the internal hard drives on my computers or the portable/flash drives. I'll be looking to a 3TB drive (Costco) to consolidate some of the movies & music, and will be deleting some of the TV that I can easily find streaming (& don't care about keeping around for a while).
I've got about 600GB of games, music, family pictures, and backups. If I were to buy all the shows I've been meaning to buy, I'd easily fill up all 2TB I have. I haven't wanted to buy those, though, since my external is 3 or 4 years old, and so is my hard drive, and it's showing signs of failure.
Are you folks talking about USB-powered external drives? Because the prices you're quoting seem to indicate you're buying ones that require an external power source. I don't even bother with external drives anymore if they require a secondary power source. The biggest capacity I've seen to date for USB-powered is 2TB, and I picked up a very portable WD 2TB USB-powered drive for $119 during the Boxing Day sales.
Progress: Date Drive info Size (MB)Cost $/GB 1980 January Morrow Designs 26 $5,000.00 $193,000.00 1980 July North Star 18 $4,199.00 $233,000.00 1981 September Apple 5 $3,500.00 $700,000.00 1981 November Seagate 5 $1,700.00 $340,000.00 1981 December VR Data Corp. 6.3 $2,895.00 $460,000.00 1981 December Morrow Designs 10 $2,999.00 $300,000.00 1981 December Morrow Designs 10 $2,949.00 $295,000.00 1981 December VR Data Corp. 19 $5,495.00 $289,000.00 1981 December Morrow Designs 20 $3,829.00 $191,000.00 1981 December Morrow Designs 26 $3,949.00 $152,000.00 1981 December Morrow Designs 26 $3,599.00 $138,000.00 1982 March Xebec $260,000.00 1983 December Corvus 6 $1,895.00 $316,000.00 1983 December Corvus 10 $2,695.00 $270,000.00 1983 December Xcomp 10 $1,895.00 $190,000.00 1983 December Corvus 20 $3,495.00 $175,000.00 1983 December Davong 10 $1,650.00 $165,000.00 1983 December Xcomp 16 $2,095.00 $131,000.00 1983 December Davong 21 $2,495.00 $119,000.00 1984 March Percom/Tandon 5 $1,399.00 $280,000.00 1984 March 5 $1,349.00 $270,000.00 1984 March Percom/Tandon 10 $1,699.00 $170,000.00 1984 March 10 $1,599.00 $160,000.00 1984 March Percom/Tandon 15 $2,095.00 $140,000.00 1984 March 15 $1,999.00 $133,000.00 1984 March Percom/Tandon 20 $2,399.00 $120,000.00 1984 March 20 $2,359.00 $118,000.00 1984 May Tecmar 5 $1,495.00 $299,000.00 1984 May Corvus 6 $1,695.00 $283,000.00 1984 May Corvus 11 $2,350.00 $214,000.00 1984 May Comrex 10 $1,995.00 $200,000.00 1984 May CTI 11 $1,995.00 $181,000.00 1984 May Davong 10 $1,645.00 $165,000.00 1984 May Corvus 20 $3,150.00 $158,000.00 1984 May Davong 15 $2,095.00 $140,000.00 1984 May Davong 21 $2,495.00 $119,000.00 1984 May Pegasus (Great Lakes) 10 $1,075.00 $108,000.00 1984 May Pegasus (Great Lakes) 23 $1,845.00 $80,000.00 1985 July First Class Peripherals 10 $710.00 $71,000.00 1987 October Iomega 10 $899.00 $90,000.00 1987 October Iomega 20 $1,199.00 $60,000.00 1987 October Iomega 40 $1,799.00 $45,000.00 1988 May 20 $799.00 $40,000.00 1988 May 30 $995.00 $33,000.00 1988 May 45 $1,195.00 $27,000.00 1988 May 60 $1,795.00 $30,000.00 1988 May 250 $3,995.00 $16,000.00 1989 March Western Digital 20 $899.00 $53,000.00 1989 March Western Digital 40 $1,199.00 $36,000.00 1989 September $12,000.00 1990 September $9,000.00 1991 September $7,000.00 1992 September $4,000.00 1993 September $2,000.00 1994 September $950.00 1995 January Seagate 1,000 $849.00 $850.00 1995 January Seagate 1,700 $1,499.00 $880.00 1995 January Seagate 2,100 $1,699.00 $810.00 1995 January Seagate 2,900 $2,899.00 $990.00 1995 April 240 $250.00 $1,260.00 1995 April 420 $320.00 $922.00 1995 April 520 $380.00 $884.00 1995 April 850 $470.00 $669.00 1995 April 1,000 $625.00 $756.00 1995 April 1,200 $680.00 $686.00 1996 June 10 Western Digital 1,600 $399.99 $295.00 1996 August 14 IBM 1,760 $379.99 $263.00 1996 August 14 Maxtor 2,000 $439.99 $259.00 1996 September Quantum 2,500 $440.00 $207.00 1996 September Quantum 3,200 $469.00 $173.00 1997 August 13 Western Digital 2,100 $329.99 $181.00 1997 August 13 Western Digital 3,100 $399.99 $148.00 1997 August 13 Western Digital 4,000 $490.99 $141.00 1997 August 24 Western Digital 2,100 $279.99 $153.00 1997 August 24 Western Digital 3,100 $329.99 $122.00 1997 August 24 Maxtor 3,500 $359.99 $118.00 1997 August 24 Maxtor 4,300 $439.99 $118.00 1997 August 24 Western Digital 5,100 $459.99 $104.00 1997 September 5 Maxtor 7,000 $669.99 $110.00 1997 November 29 Western Digital 3,200 $289.00 $104.00 1997 November 29 Quantum 3,200 $285.00 $102.00 1997 November 29 Quantum 4,300 $379.00 $101.00 1997 November 29 Western Digital 4,300 $365.00 $97.60 1997 November 29 Quantum 6,400 $475.00 $85.40 1997 November 29 Western Digital 6,400 $445.00 $80.00 1997 December 3 Western Digital 5,100 $449.99 $101.00 1997 December 3 Quantum 6,400 $549.99 $98.80 1997 December 3 Maxtor 5,200 $438.99 $97.10 1997 December 3 Maxtor 7,000 $579.99 $95.30 1997 December 3 Maxtor 8,400 $679.99 $93.10 1998 January 16 Western Digital 6,400 $529.99 $95.20 1998 January 16 Quantum 4,300 $349.99 $93.60 1998 January 16 Quantum 6,400 $479.99 $86.30 1998 January 16 Maxtor 8,400 $83.90 1998 February 3 5,200 $355.00 $78.50 1998 February 3 6,400 $435.00 $78.20 1998 April 2 Maxtor 5,100 $379.99 $85.70 1998 April 2 Maxtor 4,300 $319.99 $85.60 1998 April 2 Western Digital 6,400 $74.30 1998 April 2 Quantum 6,400 $339.99 $61.10 1998 April 4 5,200 $349.00 $77.20 1998 April 4 Maxtor 4,300 $76.30 1998 April 4 6,400 $370.00 $66.50 1998 April 4 5,200 $300.00 $66.30 1998 April 4 9,000 $499.00 $63.80 1998 April 17 Fujitsu 4,300 $282.00 $75.40 1998 April 17 Fujitsu 5,200 $331.00 $73.20 1998 April 17 Fujitsu 6,400 $368.00 $66.10 1998 May 2 Seagate 6,400 $349.99 $62.90 1998 May 9 Seagate 6,400 $329.99 $59.30 1998 May 11 Fujitsu 3,200 $227.00 $81.60 1998 May 11 Fujitsu 4,300 $257.00 $68.70 1998 May 11 Fujitsu 5,200 $299.00 $66.10 1998 May 11 Fujitsu 6,400 $328.00 $58.90 1998 June 6 Maxtor 5,700 $299.99 $60.50 1998 June 12 Quantum 4,300 $228.00 $61.00 1998 June 12 Quantum 6,400 $298.00 $53.50 1998 July 15 5,200 $249.00 $55.10 1998 July 31 Western Digital IDE 5,100 $262.00 $59.10 1998 July 31 Fujitsu IDE 5,200 $252.00 $55.70 1998 July 31 Western Digital IDE 6,400 $294.00 $52.80 1998 July 31 Western Digital IDE 8,400 $382.00 $52.30 1998 July 31 Fujitsu IDE 6,400 $291.00 $52.30 1998 August 1 Western Digital EIDE 4,000 $54.60 1998 August 6 Western Digital EIDE 5,100 $46.40 1998 August 14 Fujitsu 6,400 $289.00 $51.90 1998 August 26 Seagate 6,400 $279.99 $50.30 1998 September 1 Maxtor UDMA 8,400 $379.99 $52.00 1998 September 1 Maxtor UDMA 6,800 $279.99 $47.40 1998 September 10 Western Digital EIDE 5,100 $47.90 1998 October 1 Quantum 6,400 $42.60 1999 February 12 Quantum 8,000 $299.99 $43.10 1999 February 26 Maxtor 8,400 $37.70 1999 February 26 Quantum 8,000 $36.50 1999 February 27 Quantum 19,200 $512.46 $30.70 1999 March 1 Fujitsu Ultra DMA 8,400 $253.00 $34.60 1999 March 1 Fujitsu Ultra DMA 10,200 $299.00 $33.70 1999 March 3 Fujitsu Ultra DMA 8,400 $235.00 $32.20 1999 March 3 Fujitsu Ultra DMA 10,200 $285.00 $32.10 1999 April 1 Fujitsu UDMA 10,200 $279.00 $31.50 1999 April 1 Fujitsu UDMA 8,400 $229.00 $31.40 1999 May 21 Fujitsu UDMA 6,400 $179.99 $32.30 1999 May 27 Fujitsu UDMA 10,200 $245.00 $27.60 1999 May 27 Fujitsu UDMA 8,400 $198.00 $27.10 1999 May 27 Fujitsu UDMA 17,300 $369.00 $24.50 1999 May 28 Maxtor UDMA 10,000 $249.99 $28.80 1999 July 21 Maxtor Ultra DMA 8,400 $199.99 $27.40 1999 July 30 Fujitsu UDMA 6,400 $139.99 $26.30 1999 September 25 10,200 $18.50 1999 October 1 Quantum CX UTA 66 10,200 $199.00 $22.40 1999 October 1 Quantum KA 7200 rpm 13,600 $249.00 $21.10 1999 October 1 Western Digital 20,000 $359.00 $20.60 1999 October 1 Western Digital 7200 rpm 27,300 $489.00 $20.60 1999 October 1 Quantum CX UTA 66 13,600 $219.00 $18.50 1999 December 1 Western Digital IDE 20,500 $398.00 $22.30 1999 December 1 Quantum IDE 18,200 $348.00 $22.00 1999 December 1 10,200 $189.00 $21.30 1999 December 1 Fujitsu IDE 10,200 $189.00 $21.30 1999 December 1 Fujitsu IDE 13,000 $208.00 $18.40 1999 December 1 13,000 $195.00 $17.30 1999 December 1 Fujitsu IDE 20,400 $299.00 $16.90 1999 December 1 Fujitsu IDE 17,300 $248.00 $16.50 1999 December 1 Fujitsu IDE 27,300 $388.00 $16.30 1999 December 1 17,300 $225.00 $15.00 2000 February 1 10,200 $175.00 $19.70 2000 February 1 Fujitsu 20,400 $299.00 $16.90 2000 February 1 Fujitsu 13,600 $199.00 $16.80 2000 February 1 12,900 $187.99 $16.80 2000 February 1 Fujitsu 13,600 $197.80 $16.70 2000 February 1 13,000 $186.00 $16.50 2000 February 1 Fujitsu 17,300 $238.00 $15.80 2000 February 1 Fujitsu 27,300 $375.00 $15.80 2000 February 1 Fujitsu 17,300 $232.30 $15.40 2000 February 1 17,300 $215.00 $14.30 2000 February 1 20,400 $211.99 $12.00 2000 April 1 IBM 20,500 $279.00 $15.70 2000 April 1 Maxtor 15,200 $199.00 $15.10 2000 April 1 Maxtor 7200 rpm 20,000 $259.00 $14.90 2000 April 1 Maxtor UDMA 15,000 $192.00 $14.70 2000 April 1 Seagate UDMA 17,200 $218.00 $14.60 2000 April 1 Seagate UDMA 28,000 $349.00 $14.30 2000 April 1 17,300 $215.00 $14.30 2000 April 1 IBM UDMA 5400 rpm 20,300 $245.00 $13.90 2000 April 1 Maxtor UDMA 17,000 $204.00 $13.80 2000 April 1 Maxtor 7200 rpm 27,000 $320.00 $13.60 2000 April 1 20,400 $239.00 $13.50 2000 April 1 Maxtor UDMA 36,500 $411.00 $13.00 2000 April 1 Maxtor UDMA 27,000 $299.00 $12.70 2000 April 1 Western Digital UDMA 20,000 $218.00 $12.50 2000 April 1 Maxtor UDMA 20,000 $217.00 $12.50 2000 April 1 Maxtor UDMA 30,000 $308.00 $11.80 2000 May 12 Western Digital Ultra ATA/66 5400 rpm 13,600 $179.99 $15.20 2000 May 12 Maxtor UDMA/66 7200 rpm 30,000 $319.99 $12.30 2000 May 12 Maxtor UDMA/66 7200 rpm 40,000 $399.99 $11.50 2000 June 2 Maxtor UDMA/66 5400 rpm 15,000 $189.99 $14.60 2000 August 1 Samsung 15,000 $162.00 $12.40 2000 August 1 Maxtor IDE 7200rpm 30,500 $298.00 $11.20 2000 August 1 Samsung 20,000 $175.00 $10.10 2000 August 19-20 Maxtor 7200rpm 9ms 40,900 $388.00 $10.90 2000 August 19-20 Maxtor 5400rpm 15,300 $144.00 $10.80 2000 August 19-20 Maxtor 7200rpm 9ms 30,700 $278.00 $10.40 2000 August 19-20 Maxtor 5400rpm 20,400 $164.00 $9.25 2000 August 19-20 Maxtor 5400rpm 30,700 $214.00 $8.02 2000 August 25 Maxtor 5400rpm 15,000 $149.99 $11.50 2000 August 25 Maxtor 7200rpm 40,000 $349.99 $10.10 2000 August 25 Maxtor 7200rpm UDMA/66 30,000 $249.99 $9.58 2000 October 27 Maxtor 7200rpm 30,700 $244.00 $9.17 2000 October 27 Maxtor 7200rpm 40,900 $318.00 $8.93 2000 October 27 Maxtor 5400rpm 61,400 $398.00 $7.46 2000 October 27 Maxtor 5400rpm 81,900 $518.00 $7.30 2000 October 27 Maxtor 5400rpm 30,700 $194.00 $7.25 2000 October 27 Maxtor 5400rpm 40,900 $254.00 $7.14 2000 November 1 Maxtor 7200rpm UDMA/66 30,000 $7.87 2000 December 13 Samsung 30,000 $189.00 $7.25 2000 December 20 Maxtor Ultra ATA 66 5400 rpm 80,000 $479.99 $6.90 2001 January 14 5400 rpm 61,000 $388.00 $7.30 2001 January 14 5400 rpm 82,000 $518.00 $7.25 2001 January 14 5400 rpm 40,000 $238.00 $6.85 2001 April 25 Quantum 7200 rpm 40,000 $260.00 $7.46 2001 April 25 Fujitsu 5400 rpm UDMA-100 30,000 $169.00 $6.49 2001 April 25 Fujitsu 5400 rpm UDMA-100 40,000 $199.00 $5.71 2001 May 1 5400 rpm 30,000 $178.00 $6.80 2001 May 1 5400 rpm 82,000 $468.00 $6.58 2001 May 1 5400 rpm 61,000 $344.00 $6.49 2001 May 1 5400 rpm 40,000 $204.00 $5.85 2001 June 28 Western Digital 7200 rpm EIDE 40,000 $219.99 $6.33 2001 July 6 Maxtor UATA 7200 rpm 60,000 $329.99 $6.33 2001 July 20 Western Digital 7200 rpm UATA 80,000 $5.75 2001 August 31 Western Digital 7200 rpm UATA 60,000 $4.41 2001 November 30 Western Digital 7200 rpm EIDE UATA-100 100,000 $2.99 2001 December 1 Maxtor 5400 rpm IDE 40,000 $158.88 $4.57 2002 March 8 Western Digital 5400 rpm EIDE Ultra ATA-100 40,000 $149.99 $4.31 2002 July 27 Maxtor 7200 rpm IDE 40,000 $128.88 $3.70 2002 August 9 Western Digital 7200 rpm EIDE Ultra ATA-100 100,000 $229.99 $2.65 2002 August 16 Western Digital 7200 rpm Ultra ATA-100 60,000 $149.99 $2.87 2002 August 16 Maxtor 7200 rpm EIDE Ultra ATA-133/100 80,000 $259.99 $3.73 2002 August 23 Western Digital 5400 rpm EIDE Ultra ATA-100 40,000 $89.99 $2.59 2002 August 30 Western Digital 7200 rpm EIDE Ultra ATA-100 100,000 $179.99 $2.07 2002 September 6 Western Digital 7200 rpm 120,000 $269.99 $2.59 2002 September 6 Western Digital 7200 rpm EIDE 40,000 $99.99 $2.87 2002 September 20 Western Digital 5400 rpm EIDE Ultra ATA-100 40,000 $89.99 $2.59 2002 September 20 Western Digital 7200 rpm Ultra ATA-100 60,000 $139.99 $2.68 2003 October 11 Maxtor 7200 rpm IDE 40,000 $89.88 $2.58 2003 October 11 Maxtor 7200 rpm IDE 120,000 $158.00 $1.52 2003 November 29 Maxtor Serial ATA 80,000 $134.00 $1.93 2003 November 29 Western Digital SMB cache 80,000 $124.00 $1.78 2003 November 29 Maxtor Serial ATA 120,000 $168.00 $1.61 2003 November 29 Western Digital SMB cache 120,000 $158.00 $1.52 2003 November 29 Maxtor 7200 rpm IDE 80,000 $98.88 $1.42 2003 November 29 Maxtor 7200 rpm IDE 120,000 $144.88 $1.39 2004 March 27 Western Digital Caviar 7200rpm 160,000 $269.99 $1.94 2004 March 27 Cicero 7200rpm 160,000 $269.95 $1.94 2004 March 27 Western Digital 7200rpm 250,000 $369.99 $1.70 2004 March 27 Western Digital 80,000 $109.00 $1.57 2004 March 27 Maxtor 7200rpm IDE 80,000 $98.00 $1.41 2004 March 27 Western Digital 120,000 $144.00 $1.38 2004 March 27 Maxtor 7200rpm IDE 120,000 $129.00 $1.24 2004 April 2 Western Digital Caviar 7200rpm 160,000 $169.99 $1.22 2004 April 16 Western Digital Caviar SE 7200rpm 250,000 $249.99 $1.15 2004 December 4 Barracuda 7200RPM, Internal ATA/100 400,000 $280.00 $0.70 2004 December 9 250GB, 7200RPM, Internal ATA/133 250,000 $180.00 $0.72 2005 August 29 400GB, 7200RPM, Internal ATA/100 400,000 $300.00 $0.75 2005 August 29 Ultra16 250GB, 7200RPM, Internal ATA/133 250,000 $160.00 $0.64 2005 December 12 Hitachi Deskstar 7K250 250GB 250,000 $130.00 $0.52 2005 December 12 Seagate Barracuda 200GB 200,000 $140.00 $0.70 2006 July 5 Maxtor Ultra16 300GB 300,000 $150.00 $0.50 2006 July 5 Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 500GB 500,000 $300.00 $0.60 2006 December 27 Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB 250,000 $140.00 $0.56 2006 December 27 Samsung 80GB 80,000 $35.00 $0.44 2007 June 24 Seagate 250GB 250,000 $100.00 $0.40 2007 June 24 Seagate 160GB 160,000 $70.00 $0.44 2008 January 13 Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 750GB 750,000 $200.00 $0.27 2008 January 13 Beyond Micro Monster Mobile 1TB 1,000,000 $270.00 $0.27 2009 July 24 HITACHI 0A38016 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 1,000,000 $74.99 $0.07
I purchased a USB-powered 2TB with USB 3.0/2.0 compatibility for $119 on Amazon 2 months ago to fill with movies and tv shows to mail to my brother in Afghanistan. It was the largest capacity I could find that didn't require an additional power source. I suppose something could have come out in the last 2 months that is larger than 2TB but I haven't seen it. I am interested in getting something 6-8TB that can be accessed over my Wifi network for streaming things throughout my house but I've got other priorities that out weigh it right now. And it's easy enough to just move my laptop around anyway, so justifying the purchase to my wife will be much easier when the price drops on those. The reason for 6-8TB is that I can't image exceeding the capacity for a very long time. The need to download is being replaced by streaming. I've got 1.8TB of videos now, but that collection basically only grows during the runs of a few premium cable shows that I can't buy/rent/stream without subscribing to their stations. With Netflix and Hulu Plus I just don't need to find things from alternative sources the way I did a few years ago. I have about 100 GB of pics I've taken over the last 2 years. When I get a DSLR camera that collection will increase rapidly. So the extra space on the HDD will cover those.
