DVD burner?

[Loggerman]

Has anyone came out with a DVD burner yet?Should be able to do cdroms also I guess.

 

[ChipNOW]

Sure... you can get a DVD+RW... if you've got $4000 to spend on one LOL.
Sony will be releasing DVD-RW (different technology to DVD+RW) mainstream next year. Will be about $600

 

[Pariah]

Oddly enough, it will probably be cheaper to buy a new G4 system with a DVD-R drive than buying a seperate drive for your PC.

 

[ChipNOW]

Pariah... it's only a DVD-RAM isn't it??

 

[ChipNOW]

Holy Sh!t!!! It is a DVD-R... I want

 

[Pariah]

It actually is cheaper, by quite a lot in fact. $3500 for the G4, $4795 for the Pioneer DVD-R drive. If you want a DVD-R drive, G4 is obviously the route to take, even if you don't like Apples.

 

[Huma]

whoa, has everyone had their head buried in the sand?

The new dvd-r coming with that apple is a pioneer dvd-r drive that will be shipping in a compaq as well, and be available for about $900 soon after for PCs. No need to buy a mac to get a dvd-r.

But Macs do make excellent video editing machines even if they suck for most other things.

 

[jhouston]

I think Compaq is coming out with a system that has a DVD-R installed. The system will sell for $2400.00?

 

[AMB]

Type: DVD: Recorders/RW/RAM Drives Mfr: Pioneer
Description Availability Price ex/inc vat
DVD-R 2r Ext SCSI
Mfr code: DVR-S201
Quicklinx: JMTWS
Ordered Upon Request

£3,400.00
£3,995.00

Hmm... Looks nice and cheap.

That product has been at Dabsfor about 6 months now.

 

[cbwolf]

Well, there not ment for the mainstream yet, in a few months the price will drop drammatically. So if you buy one now, you'll feel incredibly stupid in 3 months.

 

[Huma]

If you buy one of the old $6k models now, you'll feel like such an ass in 3 months and people will probably beat you as well.