• sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    8 hours ago

    4 x 5 TB internal HDDs costs roughly $500.

    Thats roughly a Switch 2 or Steam Deck…

    … or about $42 a month, for a year, of maybe what, 2 simultaneous subscription services?

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      2 hours ago

      You don’t even need to get new drives to begin, just use what you probably already have lying around, old external hard drives. Use a RAID and swap drives as they fail.

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            2 hours ago

            If you’re in india then my understanding is that IPTV is the most cost effective option by a large margin. I"ve never lived there but my family is scattered between Bangladesh and india and they all use IPTVs.

            but I guess to answer your original question: regional pricing

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        4 hours ago

        Is Netflix 4k bitrate of comparable quality to uh, say a ripped bluray?

        Does that Netflix sub have ads?

        Genuine questions, I don’t know.

        You could also try to factor in the uh, cost of internet and datacaps and all that.

        Could probably save some money in the long run, though thats gonna vary a lot by location and use case and I guess income/wealth situation, household size, all that.

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          3 hours ago

          BluRays are obviously better. I was just saying that not subscribing to Netflix is America will save a lot more than not subscribing in India. But the storage cost is very similar.

          No, that sub does not have ads. There is, however a mobile only, 480p, subscription too, for less than 3 USD.