PIONEER DVD BURNER $799.95 HOT or NOT?

[clash001]

DVR-A03 $799.95 DVD BURNER NOW SHIPPING FROM PIONEER!!
HOT OR NOT?

here

 

[Rainguy]

Not hot. You can get it here: for $664 shipped

 

[SpideyCU]

I'd have to say not; DVD burners are out there for less (unless there's something to differentiate this one). Just my opinion.

 

[Sigity]

how much is dvd media? Can anyone provide a link to where I could find some?

thanks


sig.

 

[sunilJM]

on their website towards the bottom it has Blank DVD-R for $10 each and DVD-RW for $25 each.

 

[ProUser]

I think they are usually $50 for a 5 pack .. so basically $10 a pop. Might be able to find them cheaper.

I still have to say, wait a year or two.. too expensive currently.

 

[Cenalian]

And if I'm not mistaken, those models cannot do DVD-Movies, only files, correct?

 

[royaldank]

Yeah, I thought the DVD-R couldn't be read in DVD players currently. Sort of like years ago when CDR were primarily computer media only.

Spend that 700 on a 24X writer and a crap load of discs...I think you'd find that a better deal.

You'll kick yourself in three years when CompUSA has the AOpen DVD 8X Writer for $79.99 after rebate.

Another thing...Can you image waiting for the 2X Writer to fill up a 4.7 gig disk?

 

[mosdef]

<< Yeah, I thought the DVD-R couldn't be read in DVD players currently. Sort of like years ago when CDR were primarily computer media only.

Spend that 700 on a 24X writer and a crap load of discs...I think you'd find that a better deal.

You'll kick yourself in three years when CompUSA has the AOpen DVD 8X Writer for $79.99 after rebate.

Another thing...Can you image waiting for the 2X Writer to fill up a 4.7 gig disk? >>



You do realize that the &quot;X&quot; is different from CDs to DVDs. Why do you think the DVD-ROMs have one speed for reading DVDs, and a greater speed for reading CDs.

-mosdef

 

[Denogginizer]

Mosdef is right, a 2x DVD drive will read (or write, as the case may be) about 7 times faster than a CD-ROM drive of similar &quot;speed.&quot; That's because the base DVD speed is about 7 times faster than base (150K/sec) CD-ROM speed.

Also, the whole point of DVD-R drives, as opposed to DVD-RAM and the like which has been out for a while, is that you can write actual movie data and have it play on any consumer DVD player. Of course, you need the proper encoding software, but once encoded, a true DVD-R drive will let you play your creations on just about any player.

 

[clash001]

Thanks for all the info guys;-)
I think im going to wait a wile with this thing.

 

[Rainguy]

Maximum PC's review of this drive rates it a Kick Ass. You can burn DVD movies that will play on any set-top DVD player and you can burn about 20 minutes of video onto regular CDR's. Burning an entire 4.7 GB disk takes about 30 minutes. Media can be bought from Apple (5 disks for $50).

Once it gets to $500, I'm buying it

 

[csiro]

I'm guessing DVD burner's will be dropping in price really quickly. Probably $200 by late next year. Seems like CDRW drives have become commodities these days.

 

[lilstevo]

i think once all other drive makers get into making DVD-RW drives they will drop in price by a alot and that's when I might be in the market for one. Of course 10 a pop for DVD-Rs is crazy!

 

[vdg]

Just a thought: you cannot copy existing DVD movies or so... I know you can decrypt a DVD movie and make a &quot;backup&quot; on HDD but then, when you want to recreate the DVD using a DVD burner you have to re-encrypt the stream from the HDD and to write in a special area of the DVD the info about the encryption key and the country code, and this is not possible as of today

...that was a long phrase...

vdg

ps: read here about it Text

 

[mchurchm]

vdg: I may very well be wrong, but I believe it is possible to make *backup* copies of your dvd's if you use the right tools. Apps that use the deCSS technology developed by some kid in europe can extract the video stream from a dvd, minus the encryption. Then the video stream can be played back from your hard drive, or burned to a dvd-r just like any other video stream. One caveat to this is that dual layered dvd-r's don't exist, so to fit all the data from one dvd, you will probably need 2 dvd-r's, or you will have to omit some part of the dvd (commentary tracks, alternate language tracks, dts track, or extra features), and even then you may not be able to fit the entire movie on one disc, depending on the length of the movie. I would imagine splitting a dvd into two parts to put it on 2 discs would be a difficult process. Maybe someone who has actually made copies of their dvd's could give some insight into how difficult the complete process is.

 

[NiceGuyEddie]

Rainguy, nice find, thanx!!!