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wes · 04-11-2008

I am looking to buy or better build a movie server, I have looked at Kaleidescape it is very nice but so expensive $17K-35K!!! I like the new Escient that is only $10K but I have a hard time paying tens of thousands of $ for hard drives. Kaleidescape new 1T hard drive ($1,250) just for the cartridge (Wester digital 1T drive is $300)

I was thinking

Mac Mini ($700) with 5 tera bytes of hard drive ($1500) but there is no good software to rip DVDs on a mac so I might have to look at PCs!!

Any suggestions

04-11-2008	#1
wes Super Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: CA Posts: 714	Movie Server I am looking to buy or better build a movie server, I have looked at Kaleidescape it is very nice but so expensive $17K-35K!!! I like the new Escient that is only $10K but I have a hard time paying tens of thousands of $ for hard drives. Kaleidescape new 1T hard drive ($1,250) just for the cartridge (Wester digital 1T drive is $300) I was thinking Mac Mini ($700) with 5 tera bytes of hard drive ($1500) but there is no good software to rip DVDs on a mac so I might have to look at PCs!! Any suggestions