SATA BLU-RAY 2x Burner for 529.98

[Googer]

Most of the BLU-RAY burners I have seen are selling for around $1,000 so I guess that at this price this must be a very good deal.

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=5412322

 

[Flammable]

haro

 

[BigJ]

Can't wait till either HDs come down in price even more or BR/HD-DVD recording becomes mainstream. Real pain in the ass to back up TBs of data on DVDs (and having to split HD recorded content) and it's damn expensive to buy extra Hard Drives to back them up on (take 'em and put 'em in a drawer).

 

[Googer]

Originally posted by: Flammable
haro

Oops, the Hot Deals and Off Topic stubs at the left are so darn close toghter...

 

[Googer]

Originally posted by: BigJ
Can't wait till either HDs come down in price even more or BR/HD-DVD recording becomes mainstream. Real pain in the ass to back up TBs of data on DVDs (and having to split HD recorded content) and it's damn expensive to buy extra Hard Drives to back them up on (take 'em and put 'em in a drawer).

Not really considering you can get a 250GB hard drive for the price of TWO BLU-RAY discs. But the BLU-RAY has the advantage of storing a lot of data in a portable form factor.

 

[RallyMaster]

If I had the money and I really wanted to be an early adopter, I'd say "In for two!"

But at the moment, I have no money and don't care for either Blu-Ray OR HD-DVD...so I say..."Not hot."

 

[Cattlegod]

is there dual layer blu ray's as well? like how 'real' dvds are double later, but you can get single layer dvds and dvd burners, or is all of the data on a single layer for blu ray?

 

[Diogenes2]

Originally posted by: Googer
Most of the BLU-RAY burners I have seen are selling for around $1,000 so I guess that at this price this must be a very good deal.

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=5412322

Egg has it for $509 AR ..


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106037

 

[Diogenes2]

Originally posted by: Cattlegod
is there dual layer blu ray's as well? like how 'real' dvds are double later, but you can get single layer dvds and dvd burners, or is all of the data on a single layer for blu ray?

http://www.blu-ray.com/faq/#bluray_capacity_data

1.5
How much data can you fit on a Blu-ray disc?

A single-layer disc can hold 25GB.
A dual-layer disc can hold 50GB.

To ensure that the Blu-ray Disc format is easily extendable (future-proof) it also includes support for multi-layer discs, which should allow the storage capacity to be increased to 100GB-200GB (25GB per layer) in the future simply by adding more layers to the discs.

[/quote]

 

[protege5demon]

$18 for the 25gb discs


$40 for the 50gb discs

No the cheapest as far as $/gb, but hopefully they'll drop. As for myself, I use ultrium tapes to back-up TBs of data.

 

[gvayl]

I'm not going into this BR HD-DVD till prices go way way down....$500/drive is insane...

 

[isekii]

Originally posted by: gvayl
I'm not going into this BR HD-DVD till prices go way way down....$500/drive is insane...

That's how much CD-RW drives cost when it first came out..
atleast that's how I remember it.

I remember paying like $450 for my first burner

 

[czech09]

Just wait a year, seriously. The prices will come crashing down to that of dvd burners now.

 

[13Gigatons]

I'm waiting until a 8x is $99 and the media is $2 a piece.

 

[Rio Rebel]

Originally posted by: 13Gigatons
I'm waiting until a 8x is $99 and the media is $2 a piece.

Tell my grandkids I said "Hi"

 

[ZLK2000]

If you dont have a HDTV the blu-ray isn't any good right? I mean using a monitor with DVI doesn't provide the quality of an HDMI input using blu-ray to view movies right?

 

[Fallengod]

Yeah all the HDdvd and blu ray stuff are not mature enough yet. Not even worth it until prices are far cheaper. Ill stick to dvds until they are.

 

[Rio Rebel]

Originally posted by: Fallengod
Yeah all the HDdvd and blu ray stuff are not mature enough yet. Not even worth it until prices are far cheaper. Ill stick to dvds until they are.

It's all about what you value.

I bought a Panasonic blu-ray player (paid about half of retail), and I love it. I don't buy just any movie on blu-ray, because it's usually between 20 to 30 bucks a pop online, and even more locally. But for the movies I really want in HD, it's worth it to me. The retail price on my receiver and speakers would be over $3500.

On the other hand, the idea of spending over $200 on a video card is insane to me.

So it's all where you place your value.

 

[Googer]

Originally posted by: Diogenes2

Originally posted by: Googer
Most of the BLU-RAY burners I have seen are selling for around $1,000 so I guess that at this price this must be a very good deal.

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=5412322

Egg has it for $509 AR ..


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106037

Nice deal. But once the rebate expires, Wally's Mart will have the better buy.

 

[Bobartig]

$18 for a blu-ray disk? That's about 40 single layer DVD's, which stores about 180 gbs. The economics of it are still astounding. You can get multiple terabytes of disc storage for what it costs to use bluray for data distribution.

 

[Googer]

Originally posted by: Bobartig
$18 for a blu-ray disk? That's about 40 single layer DVD's, which stores about 180 gbs. The economics of it are still astounding. You can get multiple terabytes of disc storage for what it costs to use bluray for data distribution.

I guess that you do not realize how inconvenient it is to jockey 40 discs in and out of your computer. Plus the amount of desktop space and immaculate organization that is required to maintain such a large collection of optical media. Also storing on extremely large 40GB file on 40 DVDs is nearly impossible with out having to break it up in to pieces.


Also your math is way off. One DVD = 4.7GB and One Blu-Ray disc is 25GB or 50GB. So at most you are looking at about 10-12DVD to one Blu-Ray and half (3 or 6) that for a DVD+DL disc.

Right now Blu-Ray is primarily reserved for business that need lots of portable/distributable storage like in security/surveillance operations where video files can reach tens of gigabytes of storage.

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: Googer

Originally posted by: BigJ
Can't wait till either HDs come down in price even more or BR/HD-DVD recording becomes mainstream. Real pain in the ass to back up TBs of data on DVDs (and having to split HD recorded content) and it's damn expensive to buy extra Hard Drives to back them up on (take 'em and put 'em in a drawer).

Not really considering you can get a 250GB hard drive for the price of TWO BLU-RAY discs. But the BLU-RAY has the advantage of storing a lot of data in a portable form factor.

Uhh yea, which is why I said I'd like either format to become mainstream (like CDs and now DVDs). If they become mainstream, hopefully they'd get down to around $2-$3 a disc.

 

[Fallengod]

Originally posted by: Googer


Also your math is way off. One DVD = 4.7GB and One Blu-Ray disc is 25GB or 50GB. So at most you are looking at about 10-12DVD to one Blu-Ray and half (3 or 6) that for a DVD+DL disc.

Just fyi, one DVD is 4.37gb, not 4.7. Thats assuming youre talking single layer as well. Not to be picky or anything

 

[Googer]

Originally posted by: Fallengod

Originally posted by: Googer


Also your math is way off. One DVD = 4.7GB and One Blu-Ray disc is 25GB or 50GB. So at most you are looking at about 10-12DVD to one Blu-Ray and half (3 or 6) that for a DVD+DL disc.

Just fyi, one DVD is 4.37gb, not 4.7. Thats assuming youre talking single layer as well. Not to be picky or anything

I am sitting next to a box of Maxell DVD-R UPC# 0 25215 62625 9 and it clearly says 4.7GB.

 

[maximusfarticus]

Why are people on a technology message board so amazed by how pricing for said technology has been priced since the dawn of man?