Storage Drive for DVD Collection

[maximus777]

I have a large collection of DVDs, about 1,000. 30 of which are blue ray. I am looking for a reliable drive to hold all of the movies that allows me to easily access them on my TV. Is there a way to save the image of the movie with each disc burning to the drive for easy visual glance when going through it? Finally a SSD seems like a more relliable option but may be too expensive depending on how much storage this amount of movies may require?

Thank you for any help or advice with this matter.

 

[USAFRet]

I have a large collection of DVDs, about 1,000. 30 of which are blue ray. I am looking for a reliable drive to hold all of the movies that allows me to easily access them on my TV. Is there a way to save the image of the movie with each disc burning to the drive for easy visual glance when going through it? Finally a SSD seems like a more relliable option but may be too expensive depending on how much storage this amount of movies may require?

Thank you for any help or advice with this matter.

SSD is FAR too expensive for that. And not needed.

1,000 videos.
Assume average of 5GB each. That's 5TB of drive space.
2 x 6, 8, 10TB drives would work for this.1 to hold the stuff and 1 for backup.
$150-$200 each.

8TB of SSD would cost close to $2,000.

 

[maximus777]

So two 5tb HDD then. Any brand you recommend? Finding the amount of options overwhelming.

 

[USAFRet]

So two 5tb HDD then. Any brand you recommend? Finding the amount of options overwhelming.

A couple of these Seagate Ironwolf, in 6 or 8TB
https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-IronWolf-3-5-Inch-Internal-ST8000VN0022/dp/B01M1BUBSO

I have 4 of them in my NAS box.

Or these WD Red:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01BYLY4DM

 

[maximus777]

Thank you for the links and help, do you know of any external drives for easy hookup and portability reasons?

 

[USAFRet]

Thank you for the links and help, do you know of any external drives for easy hookup and portability reasons?

Maybe a couple of these:
https://www.amazon.com/RSHTECH-Enclosure-External-Aluminum-Support/dp/B076HM23JN

It WILL require both USB connection and power from the wall. No way around that with 3.5" drives.
And 2.5" drives are out at that capacity level.

 

[maximus777]

Thank you again for the help, I will give this a shot.

 

[DeadRam]

You need a NAS to hold the hard drives and you need to rip all of the movies to digital. That will take a long time. I would sell the DVD's and stream movies.

 

[USAFRet]

You need a NAS to hold the hard drives and you need to rip all of the movies to digital. That will take a long time. I would sell the DVD's and stream movies.

While a NAS box is a good solution (I have one) it is absolutely NOT needed here.

 

[robert600]

I have a large collection of DVDs, about 1,000. 30 of which are blue ray. I am looking for a reliable drive to hold all of the movies that allows me to easily access them on my TV. Is there a way to save the image of the movie with each disc burning to the drive for easy visual glance when going through it? Finally a SSD seems like a more relliable option but may be too expensive depending on how much storage this amount of movies may require?

Thank you for any help or advice with this matter.

Thinking of the storage space required ... you haven't mentioned if you are copying the dvds and blu rays or ... ripping them into a different (and presumably more compact format)?

 

[maximus777]

I plan to copy but it depends on storage, my first time dealing with such a situation. Open to any advice.

 

[USAFRet]

I plan to copy but it depends on storage, my first time dealing with such a situation. Open to any advice.

I create a single ISO file from each DVD. It is the same consumed space as the physical DVD.
3-4-5-7GB. Blurays, obviously, will be larger.

Compression = loss of clarity. Done correctly, you might not notice. But drive space is cheap.