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Non-Tech : Any info about Iomega (IOM)? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Rocky Reid who wrote (48900)	2/26/1998 9:30:00 AM
From: Spank	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 58324

Rocky, since you deal with that a/v stuff daily maybe you could tell me, how long does it take to record a 25 minute segment to videotape? how long would it take to record it on a jaz disk? once recorded, suppose you wanted to change a couple of frames in the final product. how much is your time worth? -Spank

To: Rocky Reid who wrote (48900)	2/26/1998 10:02:00 AM
From: Kashish King	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 58324

As far as Zip being used as a backup product. Several articles have recently appeared which support the notion that they aren't anything but bastions of reliability. I came under fire for expressing precisely those same concerns and suggested that, barring the use of optical media, the use of multi-gigabyte, multi-track tapes provided a clear, present and superior solution. The response I received read something like this: Tapes is no good 'cuz they get loose 'n stuff. Zip disks is better. The cost of storing anything of material value on Zip disks is prohibitive (hundreds if not thousands of dollars) but the questionable reliability turns prohibitive into absolutely impossible for anybody serious about the integrity of their data.