I have two 8TB external drives, they're slowly starting to fill out and I'm down to ~1TB of space. I've ripped a significant portion of my physical Movie & TV collection. I also have a large iTunes collection of ~3 TB that I back up by putting on each of the 8TB drives.
It's nice to have access to hundreds of shows and movies in a small portable device I can hook up to my computer and laptop.
Would moving up to a planned Network be my next step? Should I pick up another (maybe higher capacity) external drive instead?
I'm looking at network storage because it consolidates. 2 drives already feels like a bit much. There are only so many USB connections to use when keyboard and mouse are USB, phone cable is USB, headphones is USB. It can also be a bit of a pain to plug and unplug as needed because my desktop computer is up against a wall and desk.
Reason I'm looking into it now is we have Black Friday/Cyber Monday coming up in November and then Boxing Day in December. It's an opportunity to get stuff on sale.
It's nice to have access to hundreds of shows and movies in a small portable device I can hook up to my computer and laptop.
Would moving up to a planned Network be my next step? Should I pick up another (maybe higher capacity) external drive instead?
I'm looking at network storage because it consolidates. 2 drives already feels like a bit much. There are only so many USB connections to use when keyboard and mouse are USB, phone cable is USB, headphones is USB. It can also be a bit of a pain to plug and unplug as needed because my desktop computer is up against a wall and desk.
Reason I'm looking into it now is we have Black Friday/Cyber Monday coming up in November and then Boxing Day in December. It's an opportunity to get stuff on sale.