liteon Blu Ray drive - $59.99 on ZipZoomFly

[Stoneburner]

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/...p?ProductCode=10010673

it's $69 at the egg.

EDITED to reflect a price drop

 

[TurtleCrusher]

Get cheaper and cheaper.

I'm holding out still.

 

[hansmuff]

This is good to see. When they drop to $40 or less I'll pick one up.

 

[Ricochet]

Still holding out for Blu-ray burners to come down in price.

 

[CosmosRewind]

Originally posted by: ricochet
Still holding out for Blu-ray burners to come down in price.

The Blu-ray blanks are what I'm watching.

 

[Golgatha]

Originally posted by: CosmosRewind

Originally posted by: ricochet
Still holding out for Blu-ray burners to come down in price.

The Blu-ray blanks are what I'm watching.

No kidding. Burners are cheap enough now for me, but the blanks are what kills it all.

 

[yinan]

They also need to come out with Lightscribe Blu-Ray media. It is a real nice way to label discs so you don't end up with a bunch of coasters because you forgot what was on it.

 

[kmmatney]

I'm waiting for RedBox to have bluray. BTW - is it possible to rip Bluray and convert to another format (maybe Divx)?

 

[filibusterman]

usually done to .mkv and 5.1 dolby sound

Ohh and I would be all over this if it were also a dvd burner.

 

[LumbergTech]

Originally posted by: Golgatha

Originally posted by: CosmosRewind

Originally posted by: ricochet
Still holding out for Blu-ray burners to come down in price.

The Blu-ray blanks are what I'm watching.

No kidding. Burners are cheap enough now for me, but the blanks are what kills it all.

I would settle for dvd-9s going down to dvd 4.5 prices

 

[gigahertz20]

Originally posted by: LumbergTech

Originally posted by: Golgatha

Originally posted by: CosmosRewind

Originally posted by: ricochet
Still holding out for Blu-ray burners to come down in price.

The Blu-ray blanks are what I'm watching.

No kidding. Burners are cheap enough now for me, but the blanks are what kills it all.

I would settle for dvd-9s going down to dvd 4.5 prices

DVD-9's are pretty cheap, 50 DVD+R DL 8X for $31 after 10% off.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16817501023


I have used these to backup around 40 movies and not one coaster. No resizing, full clone copy of original DVD.

 

[Greg04]

Originally posted by: gigahertz20

Originally posted by: LumbergTech

Originally posted by: Golgatha

Originally posted by: CosmosRewind

Originally posted by: ricochet
Still holding out for Blu-ray burners to come down in price.

The Blu-ray blanks are what I'm watching.

No kidding. Burners are cheap enough now for me, but the blanks are what kills it all.

I would settle for dvd-9s going down to dvd 4.5 prices

DVD-9's are pretty cheap, 50 DVD+R DL 8X for $31 after 10% off.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16817501023


I have used these to backup around 40 movies and not one coaster. No resizing, full clone copy of original DVD.

I have gone this route with netflix - and in some cases actually prefer the slightly grainy DVD-r to BD. I'll keep it up till BD-Rs are around $2 or so (~2060).

 

[Greg04]

Originally posted by: yinan
They also need to come out with Lightscribe Blu-Ray media. It is a real nice way to label discs so you don't end up with a bunch of coasters because you forgot what was on it.

If you have 45 minutes to burn lightscribe (twice - because it is so damned faint the first run you can't see a damned thing) you have enough time to sharpie. 🙂

 

[jlin101]

Originally posted by: gigahertz20
DVD-9's are pretty cheap, 50 DVD+R DL 8X for $31 after 10% off.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16817501023

that price doesn't include shipping. Buy.com frequently has this on sale for $30, with free shipping.

 

[jlin101]

Originally posted by: kmmatney
I'm waiting for RedBox to have bluray. BTW - is it possible to rip Bluray and convert to another format (maybe Divx)?

What is the point of using BR if you're going to down-grade the resolution and convert to other formats?! Just rip a regular DVD.

 

[chuckyH]

Who needs light scribe just order printable disks and have a printer that prints to disks Epson and canon if you look on E-Bay for adapter

These DVD's have a glossy finish that accepts ink jet ink and is water smudge resistant
http://www.rima.com/Merchant2/...78-50&Category_Code=GP


This is a great place for covers.
http://www.cdcovers.cc/covers

 

[richierich1212]

Originally posted by: jlin101

Originally posted by: kmmatney
I'm waiting for RedBox to have bluray. BTW - is it possible to rip Bluray and convert to another format (maybe Divx)?

What is the point of using BR if you're going to down-grade the resolution and convert to other formats?! Just rip a regular DVD.

If you start with a higher quality format the rips still look great

 

[postmortemIA]

Originally posted by: richierich1212

Originally posted by: jlin101

Originally posted by: kmmatney
I'm waiting for RedBox to have bluray. BTW - is it possible to rip Bluray and convert to another format (maybe Divx)?

What is the point of using BR if you're going to down-grade the resolution and convert to other formats?! Just rip a regular DVD.

If you start with a higher quality format the rips still look great

they will look almost exactly the same as ripped regular DVD if you get to ~700MB range

 

[KPACOTKA]

Hopefully affordable 4TB disks will be available soon, so no reason to deal with any changeable media. Too long searching time.

 

[MegaVovaN]

Originally posted by: jlin101

Originally posted by: kmmatney
I'm waiting for RedBox to have bluray. BTW - is it possible to rip Bluray and convert to another format (maybe Divx)?

What is the point of using BR if you're going to down-grade the resolution and convert to other formats?! Just rip a regular DVD.

Bluray media is "backed up" to 4-10GB .mkv file which has quality and resolution stunningly similar to original. That MKV can be written to a DVD-5 or DVD-9 as a file played by a (fast) computer.

Originally posted by: KPACOTKA
Hopefully affordable 4TB disks will be available soon, so no reason to deal with any changeable media. Too long searching time.

per GB bluray blanks will win, by far, just like DVD-5 win now.

Example... 100 DVD-5s, $20.

450 gb for $20? I have not seen that in hard drives yet...

 

[verd14]

wow this is awsome.

 

[verd14]

Originally posted by: kmmatney
I'm waiting for RedBox to have bluray. BTW - is it possible to rip Bluray and convert to another format (maybe Divx)?

I think this is doubtful. At least not in the next couple years (the RedBox piece of the question that is).

 

[hans007]

Originally posted by: verd14

Originally posted by: kmmatney
I'm waiting for RedBox to have bluray. BTW - is it possible to rip Bluray and convert to another format (maybe Divx)?

I think this is doubtful. At least not in the next couple years (the RedBox piece of the question that is).

that is totally possible.

people were doing it before to convert blu-ray to hd-dvd. at least it has been done. its probably even easier now.

 

[pcmatt1024]

http://www.redbox.com/ads/bluray.aspx

it is a start

 

[ericlp]

Originally posted by: Golgatha

Originally posted by: CosmosRewind

Originally posted by: ricochet
Still holding out for Blu-ray burners to come down in price.

The Blu-ray blanks are what I'm watching.

No kidding. Burners are cheap enough now for me, but the blanks are what kills it all.

Sadly that will never happen. Sony has the BLUE RAY market cornered and why would they want you to copy their movies and all the kick back they get for being the ONLY market to offer HD for other movie produces that want to get their films on HD?

BlueRay blank media will never ever be affordable as long as sony is the monopoly and that my friends is why we never ever should have let Toshiba give in to the competition.

But other then that, it's a HOT deal if you can afford to buy the media.