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Re: [OM] HDDs & BU [was OT - new monitor setup]

Subject: Re: [OM] HDDs & BU [was OT - new monitor setup]
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 2010 20:23:22 -0500
But hard drives are dramatically cheaper.

Chuck Norcutt


John Hudson wrote:
> As a digital storage medium for photo images are re-writable Blue-Ray discs 
> any more preferable than DVDs.
> 
> If so, what are the advantages?
> 
> I asked the question  at the local Best Buy. The salesperson stated quite 
> definitively that there were no such Blue Ray discs.
> 
> The Sony Store in town has them in stock along with laptops with an onboard 
> Blue-Ray disc burners.
> 
> So much for Best Buy !
> 
> jh
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John Hermanson" <omtech1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 9:57 AM
> Subject: Re: [OM] HDDs & BU [was OT - new monitor setup]
> 
> 
>> This ties into Fernando's cable discussion.  Most Blue ray players don't
>> come with an HDMI cable which is required for high definition.
>> Depending on where you buy, a 6' HDMI cable can run $50 - $90.  It's a
>> frickin' cable!
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>> Sue Pearce wrote:
>>> I've noted DVD players at WalMart and Target with identical cases and 
>>> front
>>> panel layouts. The brand names were different and the panels were subtly
>>> different, but who knows about the insides?
>>>
>>> Bill Pearce
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Ken Norton" <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 11:55 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [OM] HDDs & BU [was OT - new monitor setup]
>>>
>>>
>>>>> Think about that when shopping.
>>>> Yup. And how about Wal-Mart?  Two absolutely identical packages of a
>>>> product--one in Wal-Mart and the other in some other retailer. Identical
>>>> products in every way except one.  The UPC is different.  Yup, they are
>>>> NOT
>>>> the same product. Wal-Mart insists that the supplier meet a price point
>>>> and
>>>> in order to do that the supplier provides a Wal-Mart version which has
>>>> been
>>>> cheepified somehow.
>>>>
>>>> It's amazing how much varience there is between packages of a particular
>>>> name-brand coffee there are from different stores. The ONLY visible
>>>> difference between the packages from the different stores is the UPC. 
>>>> But
>>>> your nose and tastebuds can sure tell the difference. (not that the
>>>> Wal-Mart
>>>> version is bad, it's just not quite as good).
>>>>
>>>> I'm NOT bashing Wal-Mart, though. For the majority of stuff, it really
>>>> doesn't matter and for those who watch every penny, it does provide 
>>>> value
>>>> for the dollar. But when buying that bag of namebrand coffee or some 
>>>> other
>>>> item like it, just like Radio Shack, you're getting overruns and 
>>>> sweepers.
>>>>
>>>> AG
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