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Lite-On Blu-Ray Burner--$299

Sold out for delivery, and since they closed almost all of their stores, I doubt anyone's going to be able to get in on this deal.
 
The thought of getting one of the newest, "slowest" BR burners just gives me the shivers. Maybe it is cheap because it is already obsolete? Oh, how many CD burners and DVD burners I have retired because they became obsolete almost as quickly as I bot them!

NOTE: Ha Ha, I'm still waiting for DVD DL to become cheap so I can start using them!
 
I'm still waiting for DVD DL (media) to become cheap so I can start using them!
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Amen to that, went to backup my GPS software (damn thing costs like $150 a disk, dont want to leave that in my car) and the damn thing is on a DL DVD which costs a crap load of money compared to conventional. It has an iPod sync cable for music, pioneer should have made it to where one can put the GPS info on the iPod and not have to leave the DVD in the tray. I guess they just want to make more $$ from replacement dvd sales
 
I think he doesn't want to use his original disk at all. He probably wants to use the copy and keep the original safe and sound in the house. Doing it the other way wouldn't be that smart, especially since copied cd's/dvd's die after a few years.
 
Originally posted by: eascarface
It's a bit of a pain but you could also use winrar to create a split archive.
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Yes and some video files are best served in a continuous manner. Besides, one Blu-Ray disc is equal to about 10 DVD's
 
I don't understand why anyone would pay $300 for a burner. OK, maybe an incredibly select few people would actually need it, but for the other 99.9%, just wait 5 more years and the burners will be 10x faster and 10x cheaper (and most probably give better burns as well).
 
Originally posted by: dealmaster00
I don't understand why anyone would pay $300 for a burner. OK, maybe an incredibly select few people would actually need it, but for the other 99.9%, just wait 5 more years and the burners will be 10x faster and 10x cheaper (and most probably give better burns as well).
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Some people (or organizations) need that kind of storage space today, because DVD's only hold so much
 
Originally posted by: Googer
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: dealmaster00
I don't understand why anyone would pay $300 for a burner. OK, maybe an incredibly select few people would actually need it, but for the other 99.9%, just wait 5 more years and the burners will be 10x faster and 10x cheaper (and most probably give better burns as well).</end quote></div>

Some people (or organizations) need that kind of storage space today, because DVD's only hold so much
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I don't see how blu-ray would help an organization. I would have to guess there are better enterprise models of data storage/backup than burning to blu-ray.

And as for consumers...I would think DVD would be good enough for most things. Games/movies are for the most part on DVD, at worst DVD DL.

I'm saying this since I've learned the hard way. Bought an 8x CD burner that was a piece of crap for $100 back in the day. About 3 years later I got a 48x burner for $30 that didn't fail every other burn.
 
Well it also plays Blu Ray Movies doesn't it ? I imagine it would be a great deal for people wanting it for their HTPC. I'd consider it myself if the software to play the movies were a bit more polished *and integrated with WMC*.
 
Originally posted by: dealmaster00
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: Googer
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: dealmaster00
I don't understand why anyone would pay $300 for a burner. OK, maybe an incredibly select few people would actually need it, but for the other 99.9%, just wait 5 more years and the burners will be 10x faster and 10x cheaper (and most probably give better burns as well).</end quote></div>

Some people (or organizations) need that kind of storage space today, because DVD's only hold so much</end quote></div>

I don't see how blu-ray would help an organization. I would have to guess there are better enterprise models of data storage/backup than burning to blu-ray.

And as for consumers...I would think DVD would be good enough for most things. Games/movies are for the most part on DVD, at worst DVD DL.

I'm saying this since I've learned the hard way. Bought an 8x CD burner that was a piece of crap for $100 back in the day. About 3 years later I got a 48x burner for $30 that didn't fail every other burn.
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Try my old 4x burner I paid ~$700 for. External SCSI! Boy was I cool. I even got a $200 8x internal SCSI reader to go with it. That was after paying $500 for an internal ide that died in a few months.

Ahh, the good 'ole days.
 
Originally posted by: Yreka
Well it also plays Blu Ray Movies doesn't it ? I imagine it would be a great deal for people wanting it for their HTPC. I'd consider it myself if the software to play the movies were a bit more polished *and integrated with WMC*.
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Yeah, that would be decent...but I don't think there are a whole lot of BD titles available yet. All I'm saying is wait a few years for these to come down in price...the technology will be more mature by then too. 😉
 
Originally posted by: EDiT
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: dealmaster00
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: Googer
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: dealmaster00
I don't understand why anyone would pay $300 for a burner. OK, maybe an incredibly select few people would actually need it, but for the other 99.9%, just wait 5 more years and the burners will be 10x faster and 10x cheaper (and most probably give better burns as well).</end quote></div>

Some people (or organizations) need that kind of storage space today, because DVD's only hold so much</end quote></div>

I don't see how blu-ray would help an organization. I would have to guess there are better enterprise models of data storage/backup than burning to blu-ray.

And as for consumers...I would think DVD would be good enough for most things. Games/movies are for the most part on DVD, at worst DVD DL.

I'm saying this since I've learned the hard way. Bought an 8x CD burner that was a piece of crap for $100 back in the day. About 3 years later I got a 48x burner for $30 that didn't fail every other burn.</end quote></div>

Try my old 4x burner I paid ~$700 for. External SCSI! Boy was I cool. I even got a $200 8x internal SCSI reader to go with it. That was after paying $500 for an internal ide that died in a few months.

Ahh, the good 'ole days.
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Hah yeah...I couldn't afford stuff like that back then. 😛
 
Originally posted by: dealmaster00
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: Googer
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: dealmaster00
I don't understand why anyone would pay $300 for a burner. OK, maybe an incredibly select few people would actually need it, but for the other 99.9%, just wait 5 more years and the burners will be 10x faster and 10x cheaper (and most probably give better burns as well).</end quote></div>

Some people (or organizations) need that kind of storage space today, because DVD's only hold so much</end quote></div>

I don't see how blu-ray would help an organization. I would have to guess there are better enterprise models of data storage/backup than burning to blu-ray.

And as for consumers...I would think DVD would be good enough for most things. Games/movies are for the most part on DVD, at worst DVD DL.

I'm saying this since I've learned the hard way. Bought an 8x CD burner that was a piece of crap for $100 back in the day. About 3 years later I got a 48x burner for $30 that didn't fail every other burn.
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Because, Blu-Ray is HD Capable and can playback in a standard Blu-Ray player making it good for high resolution presentations, marketing, and product demonstrations. Also compaired to tape solutions, Blu-Ray data can be randomly accessed vs linear access for tape drives. Anyone who owned a Commodore with tape drive will understand what I mean. Blu-Ray is also very compact and highly portable for it's capacity and unlike a hard drive, you can drop it with out worry.
 
Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: Googer
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: Auryg
How much do blank BD-Rs cost anyways?</end quote></div>

About $25 a few months ago at my local Best Buy.</end quote></div>

That is one way to reduce piracy....
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Once-upon-a-time, CD-RW discs cost north of $15 each and blank DVDs used to cost around $20 each. Wide spread adoption led to mass production and hence the lower costs we enjoy today.
 
Thanks for the post OP.

I'm not ready to dive in and pay today's prices, but I'm going to track prices within the next few months. I'm converting all of my parents VHS tapes to DV at the moment and the final format hasn't been decided, yet. I plan on having the final product ready for them for Christmas so if it becomes more affordable, it would be very cool to be able to present them with just a few Blu-Ray or HD-DVD discs instead of 20 DVDs. Of course, that's also dependent on the price of a standalone player for them. 😛
 
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