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Storage?! In this economy!? (lemmy.zip)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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Hey all you beautiful selfhosters,

What are your suggestions for frugally obtaining HDDs in the current economic climate? Specifically the EU (Netherlands).

I'm looking at second hand drives, but even those go for €100+ now, with bad sectors and all.

Can we organise a collective AI datacenter robbery and doll out some stolen drives? 😁

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[–] 4 points 4 months ago (1 child)

This really depends on what you're watching it on. 480p can look fine on a phone but like garbage on a 65" OLED. I find that 720p is good for most shows that aren't visually stunning (like Foundation) while most movies look fine in 1080p on the aforementioned OLED.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    My Bravia does some magic that makes video files look better than they do on PC. I've started replacing many of my 2160p files with 1080p ones, the difference is often barely noticeable, depending on the quality of the respective rips.

    I don't generally go below 720p but some old stuff that hasn't been remastered has no reason to go above 480p.

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