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I've been putting off having a local copy of the series and movies I watch because I still can access them quickly and cheaply enough in some streaming service, I think it's time to plan ramping up my selfhosted setup.

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[–] IncidentalIncidence@feddit.de 27 points 1 year ago (10 children)

SSDs are very cheap these days

[–] klisurovi4@midwest.social 40 points 1 year ago (9 children)

HDDs are even cheaper and you really don't need an SSD for movies. You can get a 4tb HDD for less than 50 bucks and that will hold more than enough movies/shows for the majority of people.

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (7 children)

You can get a 4tb HDD for less than 50 bucks

[citation needed]

Couldn't find them (or some that are close), at least not in the EU.

Edit: But I'd be happy to see US examples as well.

[–] klisurovi4@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I admit my mistake, I just quickly looked up the cheapest HDDs on google and saw some for 40 USD but it looks like they aren't for sale anymore or something. Still, a WD Red goes for 70 bucks, which is half the price of a SSD of that size while also being more than good enough for movies.

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