I’ve been putting off having a local copy of the series and movies I watch because I still can access them quickly and cheaply enough in some streaming service, I think it’s time to plan ramping up my selfhosted setup.

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    You can get a 4tb HDD for less than 50 bucks

    [citation needed]

    Couldn’t find them (or some that are close), at least not in the EU.

    Edit: But I’d be happy to see US examples as well.

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      I admit my mistake, I just quickly looked up the cheapest HDDs on google and saw some for 40 USD but it looks like they aren’t for sale anymore or something. Still, a WD Red goes for 70 bucks, which is half the price of a SSD of that size while also being more than good enough for movies.

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      You can get refurbed drives for under $50.

      New ones that aren’t white label (which, nothing wrong with that) for 4 TB are about $100.

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        WD Red 4TB drives are only around $70 new, and they’re built for constant use in NAS devices.