Originally posted by: Monotaur
Yeah, obviously, this will just get cheaper. When the first CD-R's came out, they were way more expensive and now they are FAR. I remember paying $800+ for a 2x Pinnacle Micro burner back in like 1998, and CD's were $10 each. So, we are already ~15000 times cheaper ($10/650MB CD ~= 15000x $22/25GB).
Originally posted by: Rapier
Originally posted by: Monotaur
Yeah, obviously, this will just get cheaper. When the first CD-R's came out, they were way more expensive and now they are FAR. I remember paying $800+ for a 2x Pinnacle Micro burner back in like 1998, and CD's were $10 each. So, we are already ~15000 times cheaper ($10/650MB CD ~= 15000x $22/25GB).
I'm still waiting on cheap DL DVD's
Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
waiting for the hddvds. hopefully cheaper. plain dvdrs are like 10 bucks for 50 after all. thatslike 21gb per buck so this is clearly not hot. esp when its backed by sony.
sony = riaa+mpaa!! all that evil in one company rootkit ftl
Originally posted by: Rapier
Originally posted by: Monotaur
Yeah, obviously, this will just get cheaper. When the first CD-R's came out, they were way more expensive and now they are FAR. I remember paying $800+ for a 2x Pinnacle Micro burner back in like 1998, and CD's were $10 each. So, we are already ~15000 times cheaper ($10/650MB CD ~= 15000x $22/25GB).
I'm still waiting on cheap DL DVD's
Originally posted by: rugger29
well, I think it's like everyone is saying, it's really great to see BluRay media, but it's gonna be expensive for the first year or two till the technology starts getting mass produced and prices drop. We saw this with CDs, then DVDs. A BluRay burner hasn't even been launched yet, has it? The double layer discs are gonna be great. 50gigs a piece? That'll make for a quick backup job.
Originally posted by: Fallen Kell
Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
waiting for the hddvds. hopefully cheaper. plain dvdrs are like 10 bucks for 50 after all. thatslike 21gb per buck so this is clearly not hot. esp when its backed by sony.
sony = riaa+mpaa!! all that evil in one company rootkit ftl
How is this any different then HD-DVD? No seriously, all the movie studio's are backing one of the other or BOTH. I would get the one with the best performance/highest capacity for in a computer. I personnally am thinking data backup. To me that means Blu-Ray. HD-DVD disks are only 15GB single sided. These are 25GB...