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Plextor announces 8X DVD+R burner!!!

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cliftonite

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Hope this isnt a repost, but I saw on cdfreaks that Plextor (atleast Plextor Europ) has released the PX-708A/UF, which will be the first drive supporting 8x DVD+R! (taken directly from cdfreaks). Here is a link to the cdfreaks article. I wonder how much this drive will cost. Hope it is around 300 bucks 🙂
 
Holy Jesus! SWEET! It also has 40X CD-R and 24X CD-RW!!! AWESOME, just AWESOME! Plextor is DEFINITELY back on top of their game again!
 
Methinks stretching 4x (even top quality ones) to 8x is stretching things tooo far!

On along those lines...

I have some really old 12x media that I was able to burn at 52x. :Q Well the disks were perfectly fine when I burned them. I did bit compares to check. Well yesterday I tried using them and no matter what drive I try they cause the machine to hang and fill the event viewer up with bad block / timeout errors! It's like they deteriorated that fast. I have ones that were burned (at 16x) that are two years old and read perfectly. The disks were not abused and show no marks whatsoever. Strange stuff!

-DAK-
 
when are we going to be able to buy dvd burners that can burn multi layer (like real movie dvds) in the $300 range?

What format are the Dvd movies you buy at the store?
 
Originally posted by: gotsmack
when are we going to be able to buy dvd burners that can burn multi layer (like real movie dvds) in the $300 range?

What format are the Dvd movies you buy at the store?
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Never. Production DVD's are pressed, not burned. It wouldn't be worth the effort to develop a method to burn them with Blu-ray already available in the consumer electronics field with a much higher capacity.
 
Great , PleXtor is doing what their heritage is all about,.It seemed like it was geting a little stagnant in the technology forefront.
 
Originally posted by: Pariah
It wouldn't be worth the effort to develop a method to burn them with Blu-ray already available in the consumer electronics field with a much higher capacity.
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Why is it that whenever there is a mention of DVD-R disks needing more storage someone comes in with "there's no need, Blu-ray is around the corner." If I wanted a back-up device that uses cartridges and would make my current DVD collection worthless because it's incompatible I would get one of the many optical storage devices that are currently out.

IMHO Blu-Ray is nothing more than an improvement in the optical mass-storage/backup front, nothing more. If DVDs get replaced by Blu-Ray cartridges I guess I'll have to start buying D-VHS. No way am I supporting one of Sony's completely incompatible formats that they create in an effort to make more money by forcing people to replace their current equipment/media.
 
Originally posted by: OddTSi
Originally posted by: Pariah
It wouldn't be worth the effort to develop a method to burn them with Blu-ray already available in the consumer electronics field with a much higher capacity.
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Why is it that whenever there is a mention of DVD-R disks needing more storage someone comes in with "there's no need, Blu-ray is around the corner." If I wanted a back-up device that uses cartridges and would make my current DVD collection worthless because it's incompatible I would get one of the many optical storage devices that are currently out.

IMHO Blu-Ray is nothing more than an improvement in the optical mass-storage/backup front, nothing more. If DVDs get replaced by Blu-Ray cartridges I guess I'll have to start buying D-VHS. No way am I supporting one of Sony's completely incompatible formats that they create in an effort to make more money by forcing people to replace their current equipment/media.
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Just think about it this way.

Bluray->VCR=MD->Casette tape

That's the perfect comparison.
 
Originally posted by: OddTSi
Originally posted by: Pariah
It wouldn't be worth the effort to develop a method to burn them with Blu-ray already available in the consumer electronics field with a much higher capacity.
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Why is it that whenever there is a mention of DVD-R disks needing more storage someone comes in with "there's no need, Blu-ray is around the corner." If I wanted a back-up device that uses cartridges and would make my current DVD collection worthless because it's incompatible I would get one of the many optical storage devices that are currently out.

IMHO Blu-Ray is nothing more than an improvement in the optical mass-storage/backup front, nothing more. If DVDs get replaced by Blu-Ray cartridges I guess I'll have to start buying D-VHS. No way am I supporting one of Sony's completely incompatible formats that they create in an effort to make more money by forcing people to replace their current equipment/media.
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I remember reading, but for the life of me cannot remeber that blu-ray burners would be compitable with red laser discs and new setop players aswell... Of course you probably will most likely have to buy a new dvd player that handles both formats. But if you have HDTV why not upgrade and start watching movies in this format...

Also im not if sure "cartridges" will be the standard. maybe sony just chose this method while others may not...
 
Originally posted by: OddTSi
Originally posted by: Pariah
It wouldn't be worth the effort to develop a method to burn them with Blu-ray already available in the consumer electronics field with a much higher capacity.
Click to expand...

Why is it that whenever there is a mention of DVD-R disks needing more storage someone comes in with "there's no need, Blu-ray is around the corner." If I wanted a back-up device that uses cartridges and would make my current DVD collection worthless because it's incompatible I would get one of the many optical storage devices that are currently out.

IMHO Blu-Ray is nothing more than an improvement in the optical mass-storage/backup front, nothing more. If DVDs get replaced by Blu-Ray cartridges I guess I'll have to start buying D-VHS. No way am I supporting one of Sony's completely incompatible formats that they create in an effort to make more money by forcing people to replace their current equipment/media.
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unfortunately, or maybe other think it's fortunate, there will be two camps producing discs with blue laser technology. so just as there is a divide between dvd+ and -, it looks like same thing will happen with next generation.

also to save money, the current outlook is that movie studios will use an updated version of mpeg2 format. now the point of a new media (hd-dvd) is to store higher definition videos. they figure it's easier to use new media and update mpeg2. this is good for them because they can keep using the expensive mpeg2 equipment they already invested in and get more returns on them. this is bad for consumer because it will limit quality and quantity of stuff per disc. if they use mpeg4, which is unlikely at this point, consumer would get more out of a disc.

some will argue, they can just use more than one disc. but a lot of current dvd's have been limited in some fashion to make things fit on a single disc, even if it's a multiple disc release.

but two things in particular are having the movie itself span more than 1 disc for long movies, and using dolby digital instead of dts.
 
Bluray isn't going to be a replacement for DVD at first. Atleast, that's what I remember. At first, it's going to be used in ultra high end MPEG-2 disc recorders. Being able to record 5-6 hours of ultra high quality DVD quality video (10 MBit/s) on a cartridge is mighty impressive, don't you think? Even more shocking, is that if bluray is directly compatible with the DVD LP format you'd be able to stuff a shocking 30 hours 🙂Q😀) on a disc! At near or above VCD quality!

(This is achieved by encoding at 320X240 MPEG-2 and gives it roughly the same bit/pixel rate as normal DVD video. Just lower resolution.)
 
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