DVD-R Burner under $300

[glee]

GoGoCity has the Panasonic LF-D311 DVD-RAM/DVD Recordable IDE drive for $299. Shipping's $12. I promised myself I would wait till they got under $300, and here they are (sort of). But how much will they getter better and cheaper in the next six months?

 

[Night201]

I still like the Pioneer A04 better. Not flaiming. That's a pretty good deal.

 

[flood]

anyone know if these have a burnproof-like feature? (or if any dvd burners do?)

 

[Hoeboy]

it can't write to CDR/CDRW though

 

[krackato]

The Pioneer A04 has burn-proof or some variant of that. Damn, these things were dropping so fast a couple of months ago, but now it seems that they're stuck at $350. I just know that I'm going to be kicking myself in 5 years when the latest, greatest 32x DVD-RW's cost $85 from Lite-On and I'm reminisicing about the days when I paid $350 for a 2x. Why doesn't Lite-On sell DVD Burners?

 

[Devistater]

The longer you wait the more features you will get for cheaper. That's always the way it is in the computer market (except for volatile markets like RAM). I bought a 1.2 tbird not terribly long ago when the 1.3 was the best for like $260, now you can get a 1700+ for $100. Now with the DVD market, it's taken a while to get to $300, but it will keep going down, especially since they come out with faster and more capacity drives all the drive (keep in mind you will typically be writing 4.7 gig a side or something like that, depends on the standard).

 

[Scitex]

I bought a 4x Yamaha CD-RW in '97 for $550 but that's the price you gotta pay for leading edge technology :disgust:

 

[deramon]

<< I bought a 4x Yamaha CD-RW in '97 for $550 but that's the price you gotta pay for leading edge technology >>

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Yeah, and I bought an HP piece of garbage, a 2X for $800 in maybe 95 which they were sued and they offered me a replacement a year ago (threw that one away!!)

 

[Z80]

The media cost is what's holding me back. When I can get a 50 pack of DVD-R's for a reasonable price ($20 or less) I'll buy one.

 

[bobbysworld]

is this any good?

 

[drewshin]

z80: you goota remember that dvd's hold around 7 times more than cd's. if you're buying cd's for a quarter apiece, then dvd's should go for $1.75. you can get them at this price at cd-recordable.com. at least that 's the way i justify it...

 

[iamme]

i know that not all set-top dvd players can play DVD-R's, but can all computer DVD-ROM's read DVD-R's as data disks?

 

[glee]

<< The Pioneer A04 has burn-proof or some variant of that. Damn, these things were dropping so fast a couple of months ago, but now it seems that they're stuck at $350.

>>



Fleabay seems to have them for around 300 give or take...

 

[Devistater]

<< z80: you goota remember that dvd's hold around 7 times more than cd's. if you're buying cd's for a quarter apiece, then dvd's should go for $1.75. you can get them at this price at cd-recordable.com. at least that 's the way i justify it... >>



Last time I bought cd's I got a 110 pack for about $5, that's around a nickel a piece Just throwing in my 2 cents worth hehehehe.

 

[Eug]

It seems like they've been on order forever and my local vendors say it's discontinued. The current model is the LF-D321. I've seen this newer model one on sale for $380 with software.