Posted by Who Dat? on 10/19/05 09:06

On Sun, 16 Oct 2005 10:51:10 -0500, Jeffery S. Jones
<jeffsj@execpc.com> wrote:

>On Sat, 15 Oct 2005 22:59:24 -0400, "Mike Kujbida"
><kujfamNoSpam@xplornet.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>Who Dat? wrote:
>>> On Sat, 15 Oct 2005 20:57:40 -0500, "Ken Maltby"
>>> <kmaltby@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Who Dat?" <Who Dat@ncat.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:ja63l1teeqibtcmkc8lvitct5eg50e6v1i@4ax.com...
>>>>> Is there such a device that can hold at least 100 dvd disks and
>>>>> read/play them as well and can attach to a PC via a USB connection?
>>>>
>>>> There are various External Drive enclosures for USB2, a
>>>> couple of those with 300GB drives should handle that much.
>>>>
>>>> Check out www.buffalotech.com and www.provantage.com
>>>>
>>>> Luck;
>>>> Ken
>>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks I am aware of that however I would prefer the ability to keep
>>> everything on disk and read or play the dvd via the device. Keeping
>>> everything on a dvd is the main goal.
>>
>>
>>Do a Google search on "DVD jukebox" and you'll find several links.
>>I don't think you'll like some of the prices though :-(
>
>http://shop.store.yahoo.com/document-capture-scanners/pidvdcdjupis.html
>
> Not the only one, but if you want reliability it isn't cheap :-(
>
> We looked into DVD and decided that it was so much cheaper and more
>convenient to go to hard drive playback, that getting a mechanical DVD
>player, subject to loading delays and breakdowns, was simply not worth
>the effort. Hard drives are dirt cheap now.

I am talking about something like this, except it must be able to play
CD's and DVD's data, music movies ect...
Here is a guide to the unit I have been talking about...

http://www.tomshardware.com/storage/200504211/

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