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14TB Seagate Expansion Desktop Hard Drive @B&H $230

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Jan 18, 2021
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jborage
Jan 18, 2021
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I need one. And this is a decent price. But after seeing them at $190 at best buy in November, I am struggling to pull the trigger. I should have bought one then but my storage somewhat unexpectedly filled up over the last couple months.
Jan 18, 2021
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KO3bIPb
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smr?
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BlueVoyager308
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Quote from jborage :
I need one. And this is a decent price. But after seeing them at $190 at best buy in November, I am struggling to pull the trigger. I should have bought one then but my storage somewhat unexpectedly filled up over the last couple months.
I'm in the same boat. I won't call it a decent price. What I'll do is deleting files and also switching files from H.264 format to H.265. The H.265 files only use 30% space.
Last edited by BlueVoyager308 January 18, 2021 at 02:09 PM.
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jborage
Jan 18, 2021
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Quote from BlueVoyager308 :
I'm in the same boat. I won't call it a decent price. What I'll do is deleting files and also switching files from H.264 format to H.265. The H.265 files save 70% space.
I already made the switch to h.265. I really just need to delete a few things.

and this is decent compared to the usual price. they're pretty overpriced typically
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Cavalyr
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What to use to convert to h.265 ?? thanks.
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ZeeOhhSix
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Quote from BlueVoyager308 :
I'm in the same boat. I won't call it a decent price. What I'll do is deleting files and also switching files from H.264 format to H.265. The H.265 files only use 30% space.
how much worse is the quality of an average file encoded in h.265 instead? 30 percent of the space must be throwing out a lot of details, no? I'd love to see a great side-by-side comparison video .
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nstarz
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Quote from ZeeOhhSix :
how much worse is the quality of an average file encoded in h.265 instead? 30 percent of the space must be throwing out a lot of details, no? I'd love to see a great side-by-side comparison video .
https://youtu.be/3eucBAYYqsE

https://youtu.be/AekAujM6ZcQ

So much better

Back to OP. I'm in the market for one, but will wait for a WD to go on sale.
Easystore has 2 year warranty, this one has a 1 year warranty.
Last edited by nstarz January 18, 2021 at 02:55 PM.

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ZeeOhhSix
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Quote from nstarz :
https://youtu.be/3eucBAYYqsE

https://youtu.be/AekAujM6ZcQ

So much better
thank you . this is fascinating. Did some research since posting my question, and was shocked to find out H.264 is 15+ years old... ah the march of progress Smilie
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LuxuryBlue
Jan 18, 2021
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Seagate? No thanks.
Jan 19, 2021
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BlueVoyager308
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Quote from ZeeOhhSix :
how much worse is the quality of an average file encoded in h.265 instead? 30 percent of the space must be throwing out a lot of details, no? I'd love to see a great side-by-side comparison video .
If the bit rate is the same, a H.265 file is much better than a H.264 file. In reality, the H.265 files are not using the same high bit rate as the H.264 files to save space. So the quality of the file is actually reduced. For me right now, I still keep some H.264 files. Delete some unnecessary files. Add some H.265 files.
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Land_Cruiser
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Quote from LuxuryBlue :
Seagate? No thanks.
Or west digital?
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RynoWeiss
Jan 19, 2021
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I'm down to 9% free space on my NAS and desperately need some new drives, but I've had so many bad experiences with Seagate. Figures that I'd run out of space right when good HDD deals get much more infrequent.
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reminor
Jan 19, 2021
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Amazon's price the same.
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Profh
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Are these the ones that contain the 14tb Exos enterprise drives?

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knyghtryda
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Quote from Profh :
Are these the ones that contain the 14tb Exos enterprise drives?
I'm able to pick up a used EXOS drive for the same price. I'm wondering if that's worth it vs this, just from a hassle perspective. I already have that easystore that was on sale for $190, so I'm looking to raid 1 my setup.

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