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DVD, Blu-ray, AOD?

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Pandamonium

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Does anyone know of an estimated U.S. market arrival of blu-ray/AOD recorders? I know sony released a premium priced recorder in Japan for >$3k usd; but do you think these things will catch on within a year? I'd like to get a dvd burner... but since HDTV and blue laser recorders go hand in hand and are supposed to be the next huge thing, should I hold out for a year or two? Dvd burners are cheap enough right now... I'm just waiting for the shift to 8x DVD-RW.
 
don't know about blueray, but dvd9 burners are about to be anounced next week.

Now that is something that makes sense...
 
What are you going to be burning? Data backups? Movies? Home Video?

It's hard to imagine anything you'll need to burn in the near future that you can't do with current burners.

You're probably better off buying a $200 burner now, and then a "blu-ray" burner in the future after the price has dropped and you'll actually USE it.
 
Originally posted by: grant2
What are you going to be burning? Data backups? Movies? Home Video?

It's hard to imagine anything you'll need to burn in the near future that you can't do with current burners.

You're probably better off buying a $200 burner now, and then a "blu-ray" burner in the future after the price has dropped and you'll actually USE it.
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Uh, I can use Blu-ray NOW! Try backing up 500GB of data with dual layer DVDs. 59 DVD+R dual layered discs, yeah, that sound fun.
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that's why i asked what he plans to be doing with it. Not many people produce that much data on a regular basis that needs to be backed up, most DVD burners probably make or copy movies.
 
Originally posted by: JackBurton
Originally posted by: grant2
What are you going to be burning? Data backups? Movies? Home Video?

It's hard to imagine anything you'll need to burn in the near future that you can't do with current burners.

You're probably better off buying a $200 burner now, and then a "blu-ray" burner in the future after the price has dropped and you'll actually USE it.
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Uh, I can use Blu-ray NOW! Try backing up 500GB of data with dual layer DVDs. 59 DVD+R dual layered discs, yeah, that sound fun.
rolleye.gif
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Geez, you're special.

It's common-sense that the vast majority of people don't need Blu-ray, so the market isn't targetted to the regular consumers. If you need to backup 500GB data regularly, then you must be in a situation where there are many possibilities for backups, including removable HDDs (which are better and faster).
 
Well, I want to mirror my OS on a disc every two weeks - right now it takes 5 CD-Rs after I a format and I get my basic programs installed, so I would imagine I'd need a 2 DVDs to get the job done for backing up. (My recent HDD failure really screwed me, so I'm a bit paranoid right now). But that's all I plan on doing on a regular basis.

As for other usage, I would be burning recorded TV shows and my multimedia collection (which is around 130GB) This backing up, however, should only be a one time deal though. The reason I'm interested in the blue laser technology is because I want to be able to burn recorded HDTV shows though. So is the verdict just to pick up a DVD burner now?
 
You would be better off going SCSI and doing a raid setup. I think its raid 5 or one of them that allows you to mirror the drives so that if you lose on the other still has the data. You can then replace the bad drive and raid setup will then again mirror the good drive.

If you are that paranoid about the HD crashing then SCSI drives are a must. IDE drives are only coming with 1 or 3 year warranties and there is a reason for that.
 
Originally posted by: Moralpanic
Originally posted by: JackBurton
Originally posted by: grant2
What are you going to be burning? Data backups? Movies? Home Video?

It's hard to imagine anything you'll need to burn in the near future that you can't do with current burners.

You're probably better off buying a $200 burner now, and then a "blu-ray" burner in the future after the price has dropped and you'll actually USE it.
Click to expand...
Uh, I can use Blu-ray NOW! Try backing up 500GB of data with dual layer DVDs. 59 DVD+R dual layered discs, yeah, that sound fun.
rolleye.gif
Click to expand...

Geez, you're special.

It's common-sense that the vast majority of people don't need Blu-ray, so the market isn't targetted to the regular consumers. If you need to backup 500GB data regularly, then you must be in a situation where there are many possibilities for backups, including removable HDDs (which are better and faster).
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Give me a freakin' break. Common sense says that MOST of the people with PCs don't have a DVD-ROM let alone a DVD burner. They also don't buy $400 video cards either, do they? Oh yeah, the common person needs 300GB hard drives too. Why did Maxtor put those out again?
rolleye.gif
There is a need for Blu-ray, just because you don't see the need doesn't mean it's not there.

Geez, you're special.
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And you're not.


 
What are you going to be burning? Data backups? Movies? Home Video?

It's hard to imagine anything you'll need to burn in the near future that you can't do with current burners.

You're probably better off buying a $200 burner now, and then a "blu-ray" burner in the future after the price has dropped and you'll actually USE it.
Click to expand...
Uh, I can use Blu-ray NOW! Try backing up 500GB of data with dual layer DVDs. 59 DVD+R dual layered discs, yeah, that sound fun.
rolleye.gif
Click to expand...

Geez, you're special.

It's common-sense that the vast majority of people don't need Blu-ray, so the market isn't targetted to the regular consumers. If you need to backup 500GB data regularly, then you must be in a situation where there are many possibilities for backups, including removable HDDs (which are better and faster).
Click to expand...
Give me a freakin' break. Common sense says that MOST of the people with PCs don't have a DVD-ROM let alone a DVD burner. They also don't buy $400 video cards either, do they? Oh yeah, the common person needs 300GB hard drives too. Why did Maxtor put those out again?
rolleye.gif
There is a need for Blu-ray, just because you don't see the need doesn't mean it's not there.

Geez, you're special.
Click to expand...

And you're not.
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Dude. Relax. If you think there is a huge market need for BluRay I think you are mistaken. Yes there is a need for it in certain cases. But I totally don't see the need for the average consumer to make regular backups of 500GB of data, just like Average Joe Consumer doesn't need a 300GB hard drive. And he did say the "majority", he didn't say "all". He also went out of his way to ask what the drive would be used for. A home user making videos of Juniors 1st birthday party (which is the major use of DVD burners these days, home video and other video tasks) BluRay will be pointless at the current time, since there are no compatable players. Could I use BluRay? Probably, yes. I have 80GB of data I'd like to back up with the fewest number of media changes. Would I get it if it were available? Depends on the cost. I just got a DVD burner, and I think that will suit me fine for now. And, Just because you see the need for BluRay in your situation, doesn't mean the mass market need is there.

\Dan

 
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