Why get blue-ray when you can REV up your workflow

I think external HDD's firewire or USB are still a cheaper storage solution.

at about .50 cents per gig for HDD storage, that zip drive is at almost 2 bucks per gig.
 
Rev looks interesting, but I hope we can get some more real-world reports from users here. Many people are not pleased with Iomega's reliability record, and I searched epinions looking for reviews on the Rev and only came across one:
http://www.epinions.com/content_211297341060

Now, any product can get a bad review. And with only one review out, this isn't exactly a good statistical sampling. But it also doesn't encourage me to go out and be the guinea pig on this one either.

EDIT: found more reviews on computershopper.com. They give it a 6.3, the users give it about a 6.6.
http://computershopper.com.com/Iomega_Rev_drive_USB_2_0/4505-6407_7-30804334.html
 
I think that Rev is pretty expensive for what it does. They claim to have licked the problem of dust by using closed cartridges, but some of us just have long memories about Iomega products.
 
I don't understand how this would be an interesting solution for anyone. It's an unproven device and it's 4 times as expensive as hard drives. 60 bucks to store 35 minutes of hd? Why would anyone pay that?
 
It's still hard for me to think "Iomega" without having to suppress a wave of nausea. I've given them a couple of tries. I won't pay a premium for a third opportunity to wind up with junk drives and loads of unwanted software on my computer.
 
Scrappy said:
I don't understand how this would be an interesting solution for anyone. It's an unproven device and it's 4 times as expensive as hard drives. 60 bucks to store 35 minutes of hd? Why would anyone pay that?
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The idea is that it's not an enclosed heads solution, so it theoretically shouldn't crash when used as an archive medium. A hard drive might fail to spin up after a few years on the shelf, a REV cartridge isn't the drive so it supposedly wouldn't suffer the same fate.

But I'm sticking with hard disks until we see what happens with holographic blue laser storage. I think there's a good chance that all this stuff (blu-ray, HD-DVD, tape archiving, REV, etc) will be relegated to the history books rather quickly once we have 1.6 terabytes of storage at 1gbps access rates on a $4 sheet of holographic film... and supposedly (SUPPOSEDLY) first drives will be on the market within the next six months (they claimed at NAB that they would have drives to their OEM customers in the 4th quarter 2006); first generation is 300 gigabytes at 160 megabits per second. If they can actually deliver, and it actually holds up and works and has archival durability, then it's looking like game/set/match against the other removable storage options!
 
ya, wouldnt that be nice barry! Hey im probably gunna be at VSDA helping explain HD-DVD to buyers . Maybe ill see ya there Barry
 
heh, reminds me of watching star trek as a kid where they are futzing with acrylic blocks which are the storage modules for "computer"

total knockoff of HAL's storage (anyone seen it earlier than that?)

but yes, if there was a cheaper alternative to HDs for archiving, I would know about it and I would be using it. right now there ain't.

the holo peeps are interesting, I'll believe it when I see it in Worst Buy or CrapUSA ;)

_a
 
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