Running out of HD space....

[Tiago]

I never understand why people keep so many information in HDs.
I have a total of 1,5 GB and that's more then enough for anything i need. But, i do not keep films or MP3.
I just keep my documents and photos.
If i want to see a film, i go to cinema, rent it in my TV supply of just download it...
the same with games, after play it i don't keep it.
So, sure, anything below 5 GB is not enough to keep films, mp3 etc.... but my question is why keep all that stuff??

[Demon Cleaner]

but my question is why keep all that stuff??

Once you get the collecting "fever", you can't stop anymore, hoarding would be a good word to use here

[Harrison]

With media is the ability to have an instantly accessible collection of your whole library.

Until recently this wasn't as practical for film, but being able to instantly access a film and steam it to the tv is so much nicer than using discs.

I do however only keep films I will watch again, not everything I've seen. I have Sky On demand for all other films.

[Demon Cleaner]

I delete most of the movies I watched, really good ones, I put in my movie archive.

Same with series, once watched, I delete them.

[Kin Hell]

Rough guess is somewhere around 40TB.

ROFL!

I guess I should've mentioned 40Mb was a large hard drive in the good old days & you're packing 40TB with todays standards....

Answering your following question, I have nearly 20TB around the home & Blu Ray movies fill it faster than u can spit.

[Harrison]

So true. It is amazing how much affordable storage has expanded over the last 20 years.

I still remember getting a 300MB drive for my A600 in the day and wondering how I would ever fill it.

[Stephen Coates]

I still remember getting a 300MB drive for my A600 in the day and wondering how I would ever fill it.

Did you fill it?

[Harrison]

Nope. Whdload didn't exist then so even installing all of the games that allowed HD install, plus all the applications, and still had over 150MB free.

[Tiago]

My first A600 had a HD of 40mb, later i replace it by a new one, can't remember how much, but around 200mb... i never fill it with games, but i have a sound digitizer, and i recorded a lot sound in stereo 8 bits, so my HD was always on the limit.

[Puni/Void]

@Tiago

It was fun sampling back then. Remember we sampled sounds from movies (VHS), especially the one with Weird Al Yankovic, UHF or something.