DVD Writers The future

[Texmaster]

Anyone know what the future holds for DVD writers or current technology? I have been looking for one but the writing speed is simply not there yet.

 

[Wolfsraider]

don't forget that a 1x dvd is equal to a 8x cdr and that a 2x dvd = a 16x cdr
and that it's supposed to take an hour to burn a dvd
but give them time as it's still new

 

[Texmaster]

<< don't forget that a 1x dvd is equal to a 8x cdr and that a 2x dvd = a 16x cdr
and that it's supposed to take an hour to burn a dvd
but give them time as it's still new >>



Thanks for the info!

 

[MisterMe]

Do you guys ever think that DVD burners will ever get to the point where today's CDRs are? I mean a single blank DVD is like $10-15 while a pack of 50 CDRs is $10-15...

 

[Xtremist]

<sarcasm>
MisterMe, probably not to be honest. Technology tends to either go up in price or remain the same for years, especially as demand increases and production costs decrease.
</sarcasm>

Seriously though, it shouldn't take much thought to realize DVD authoring will (and has) followed a somewhat similar path as CD authoring technology. Cheaper disks, faster burners, etc... I remember when 2x CD-R writing was insanely fast and I envied a friend of mine who had one while I didn't... Grrrr!

I'm still not sure about the DVD stuff though. I really want to bite now, but I'm not very satisfied that there is the whole '-' clan and the '+' clan... I would feel a lot more comfortable if there was a single DVD burning technology. But that's probably just me. Cheers!

 

[Xtremist]

Sorry for the double post, I can't maintain a session for some reason at work...

Anyway, if you're paying $10-15/DVD-R disk, you're probably getting ripped off. A little searching found a 2-sided DVD-R (9.4GB total) disk for $5.99:

http://store.yahoo.com/cd-recordable-dot-com/94240mindoub.html

Don't know if they're a trustworthy operation, but it's about half of what you expect DVD-R's to cost for double the storage you normally see L8R

 

[tweakmm]

<< Do you guys ever think that DVD burners will ever get to the point where today's CDRs are? I mean a single blank DVD is like $10-15 while a pack of 50 CDRs is $10-15... >>


From the crack bar

 

[Xtremist]

That link for us peons

From the crack bar?

 

[Eug]

<< Do you guys ever think that DVD burners will ever get to the point where today's CDRs are? I mean a single blank DVD is like $10-15 while a pack of 50 CDRs is $10-15... >>

The Apple branded stuff (supposedly among the best) is listed at $5 each, for 2X media. That's like 7 discs worth of 16X CD-R media, or $0.70 per CD-R.

 

[tweakmm]

<< From the crack bar? >>


that's what hot deals is, a crack bar

 

[BD231]

tweakmm

Speaking of crack.....

 

[tweakmm]

<< tweakmm
Speaking of crack..... >>

 

[MisterMe]

Wow! I guess the prices are falling faster than I thought. I never really checked lately - just figured they were still waaaay expensive. Also a great breakdown by Eug in regard to prices per meg. Maybe this stuff is starting to get to the point where a mere mortal might start considering it...