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Digital vs. Analog Storage: How Many VHS Tapes Equal One Hulu.com? - Digital vs analog storage - Gizmodo. I am constantly amazed by the progress that has been made in digital storage. The $900 10 megabyte drive I bought for my first portable computer (a Toshiba that weighed 15 pounds - really portable) has morphed into a $149 120 Gigabyte 1 7/8 inch drive for my Dell ultralight. The change from analog to digital storage has been even more amazing, as this little chart shows. Check out the audio file storage capacity of a 12 inch LP, compared to the modern day iPod with 120 Gigs of storage. Of course, nobody needs to carry around 83 days worth of audio files. But, will storage capacity ever become irrelevant? Once everything is in the cloud; then, access to the cloud will be the big thing. Maybe it is my old, traditional bones; but, I like holding my entire audio collection in my old, cold hands. Just give me a battery, and a star to dream under.