Tsunami?
Most of the worlds drives are made in Thailand so it was actually the Thai floods in 2011 that pushed the prices up.
The tsunami wrecked the videotape factories instead...
It's just a big scam though, both seagate and wd posted record profits the same year as their flooding 'disaster'.
The prices doubled in Bangkok and have only gone back halfway to their preflood pricing.
Ssds meanwhile have dropped about 30% in the same time period.
Best regards
Mike
On 21 Apr, 2013, at 3:17 PM, "johnrobmoore" <bigfish@pacbell.net> wrote:
> Well I say, "Let's bring back the Pre Tsunami prices!" Unfortunately I can't afford the current gas prices to drive to the store to buy the drives. Seems like a catch 22.
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> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "David C. Ballard" <dave@...> wrote:
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> > they were about 60 before the tsunami, rose to 160 and have been dropping down since. i've been using the seagate ones
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> > David C. Ballard
> > President & Creative Director | LAB 601, Inc.
> > LAB 601 Digital Post
> > 404.876.4601
> > www.lab601.com<http://www.lab601.com/>
> >
> > From: johnrobmoore <bigfish@...<mailto:bigfish@...>>
> > Reply-To: "Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com<mailto:Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com>" <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com<mailto:Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com>>
> > Date: Saturday, April 20, 2013 10:53 PM
> > To: "Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com<mailto:Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com>" <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com<mailto:Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com>>
> > Subject: [Avid-L2] Re: OT:archive family movies
> >
> >
> >
> > I did a quick google for 2TB raw Hard Drives on Amazon and the cheapest I see is around $90.00 for a Western Digital. Am I missing something in my search?
> >
> > --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com<mailto:Avid-L2%40yahoogroups.com>, "David C. Ballard" <dave@> wrote:
> > >
> > > terry, i could build you one of these. http://lab601.com/services/lab-storage-pod/ what we use for spinning disk backup- always online and accessible, can use it as a media center server, webserver for family and friends to upload to also. you can edit off it. use enrgy saving drives and low power states if you dont want to spend much on power for it. with 2tb drives its 90tb each. if a drive fails, it keeps running just order $60 drive from amazon and jam it in with no downtime.
> > >
> > > David C. Ballard
> > > President & Creative Director | LAB 601, Inc.
> > > LAB 601 Digital Post
> > > 404.876.4601
> > > www.lab601.com<http://www.lab601.com/>
> > >
> > > From: Terence Curren <tcurren@<mailto:tcurren@>>
> > > Reply-To: "Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com<mailto:Avid-L2%40yahoogroups.com><mailto:Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com<mailto:Avid-L2%40yahoogroups.com>>" <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com<mailto:Avid-L2%40yahoogroups.com><mailto:Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com<mailto:Avid-L2%40yahoogroups.com>>>
> > > Date: Saturday, April 20, 2013 8:50 AM
> > > To: "Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com<mailto:Avid-L2%40yahoogroups.com><mailto:Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com<mailto:Avid-L2%40yahoogroups.com>>" <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com<mailto:Avid-L2%40yahoogroups.com><mailto:Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com<mailto:Avid-L2%40yahoogroups.com>>>
> > > Subject: [Avid-L2] Re: OT:archive family movies
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > It's better than hard drives. Maybe BluRays? I am trying to figure out what to do with all these myself. I have far too much material for the cost of cloud storage.
> > >
> > > --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com<mailto:Avid-L2%40yahoogroups.com><mailto:Avid-L2%40yahoogroups.com>, George Loch <george@> wrote:
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> > > "So, are we saying that anyone who wants to preserve their home movies should have an LTO tape drive?"
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