| For those looking for a way to reduce DVD | | | | space. With a hard drive, videos are all in one |
| clutter or organize their videos better, storing | | | | compact place. To keep them in order, people |
| their videos as files on a hard drive instead of on | | | | only need to make folders to put the videos into |
| DVDs makes a lot of sense. Now, with devices | | | | an organizational style of their choice. Once the |
| like the PlayStation 3 that enable people to play | | | | video is done playing, there is no need to put it |
| video files on any TV, it has finally practical to do | | | | away either. |
| so. | | | | When people travel, they can easily take as many |
| Most people now have a lot video, and that can | | | | videos as they want or even their entire |
| translate into a lot of DVDs when it is burned | | | | collections. There is no need to decide which |
| onto disks. From downloads, home video, movie | | | | DVDs or lug them around. They can simply |
| backups and other sources, keeping all this video | | | | transfer them all to their computer or take them |
| on DVDs poses a number of problems. | | | | on a hard drive. |
| The DVD first needs to be created which takes | | | | As storage costs continue to drop, the cost of |
| time and computer resources. If there is an error | | | | hard drive storage is very reasonable. |
| in the media, burning process or if the DVD is | | | | Playback is less of a problem with video files too. |
| ever scratched, the whole video can easily | | | | Most any computer can be configured to play |
| become unusable. Also, the video cannot be | | | | almost any video file type from anywhere. |
| edited in any way once it is on a disk. Finally, | | | | Of course, most people want to watch their |
| many DVD players will not play a burned disk. | | | | video from their TVs and not from a computer. |
| There is also the problem of keeping the DVDs | | | | Fortunately, this has become easy to do. |
| stored and organized. They take up space and | | | | Devices like Popcorn Hour that can be hooked to |
| can easily become a mess, especially as the | | | | any TV have USB ports into which a hard drive |
| collection grows. | | | | can be connected to for video playback. Also, the |
| The best way around all these problems is to | | | | PlayStation 3 now supports a wide selection of |
| keep the video on a hard drive. As music moves | | | | video formats. All one needs to do is connect |
| away from CDs and into more flexible file | | | | their hard drive to the PlayStation and select the |
| formats, so can video. This offers many | | | | video they want to play from the menu. |
| advantages. | | | | It is likely that options will continue to expand in |
| It is easier to keep videos organized on a hard | | | | the future and videos will increasingly be stored |
| drive, and a single drive does not take as much | | | | on drives rather than on disks. |