Topic: BluRay sharing/Trading

[phanophish]

So I just finished mastering my first BluRay video.  2 sets of YMSB from Liberty Hall in Lawrence, KS.  Fully rendered with chapters and the HD video it works out to be about 17GB.  It leads to the question of how do I share it?  So far I've stuck with snail mail to friends.  But I'd like to make it more widely available, Torrent seems a bit slow and I can't monopolize my bandwidth for weeks on end, particularly for the few people that have BluRay burners.  Is it back to B&P for the HD content?

[Jhurlbs81]

Man it sure sounds like it.  People can re-experience that warm fuzzy feeling of getting a B&P.  It's not so bad..

[rsimms3]

With portable Hard Drive prices getting lower all the time, I know folks that fill up whole drives for folks with HD content.  Get a cheap, used laptop drive and drop it in a cheap enclosure a viola.

[Low Spark]

With portable Hard Drive prices getting lower all the time, I know folks that fill up whole drives for folks with HD content.  Get a cheap, used laptop drive and drop it in a cheap enclosure a viola.

Thats what I do. You can get a 320G for 69.00 or less. I have one that I pass around to friends.

[phanophish]

I'm more interested in how do manage the trading.  I guess I could B&P the hard drives, but that seems like a bit of a leap, $4 for discs and postage is different that $75 bucks worth of hard drive to throw in the mail.  I already have a BluRay burner and the discs are down to less that $2.50 so the cost of media is not that bad. 

[willndmb]

i would be interested in getting a copy on disc

[beatkilla]

Quote" discs are down to less that $2.50 so the cost of media is not that bad.  "

Where are you finding them for that price?Link please.

[phanophish]

Quote" discs are down to less that $2.50 so the cost of media is not that bad.  "

Where are you finding them for that price?Link please.

http://www.meritline.com/merax-blu-ray-media-bd-r-25gb-4x-white-inkjet-hub-printable-blu-ray-case---p-37113.aspx?source=fghdac

http://www.meritline.com/merax-blu-ray-media-bd-r-25gb-4x-white-inkjet-hub-printable---p-37056.aspx?source=fghdac

http://www.meritline.com/ritek-ridata-4x-blu-ray-bd-r-white-inkjet-printable-bdr-254-iwcb25---p-34649.aspx?source=fgmedia

[coloartist]

I bought 15 - 25gb Phillips BD-R discs for $40.00 at Fryes Electronics

[fozzy]

didn't realize BD-r media had dropped in price.  @ $0.08 perGB puts it really close to the 0.07 or 0.06 perGB of single layer DVD+R media.  DVD DL is still @ $0.14 per GB. 

This does not factor in the cost of the burner BD-R @ ~$200 vs the DVD burner @ $30-40

[mblindsey]

So far I've stuck with snail mail to friends.  But I'd like to make it more widely available, Torrent seems a bit slow and I can't monopolize my bandwidth for weeks on end, particularly for the few people that have BluRay burners.

We can start several seeds at once if you want...see if it takes on a life of it's own.  Say the word, and my bandwidth will go towards it...

--Michael

[leehookem]

what Blu Ray burner do you have? 

[phanophish]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136175

This is the one I picked up, but Newegg has been out of stock for a while at that price.

[kcmoejoe]

So far I've stuck with snail mail to friends.  But I'd like to make it more widely available, Torrent seems a bit slow and I can't monopolize my bandwidth for weeks on end, particularly for the few people that have BluRay burners.

We can start several seeds at once if you want...see if it takes on a life of it's own.  Say the word, and my bandwidth will go towards it...

--Michael

The problem is the main big ones (Tradersden, Dime) don't allow yonder so it will get pulled down. I'm glad to help out with B&P's.

1 copy is already in Colorado.

[willndmb]

just got this
THANKS
have not tried to watch it yet, been reallll busy
don't have a burner - if anyone knows a good one for mac lmk
but i can help seed somewhere if that happens (as long as my friend lets me rip it on his reader)