Sony announces the DRU-700A and the DRX-700UL double layer DVD burners...

Zim Hosein

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<a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://news.sel.sony.com/pressrelease/4532">Users Can Record Up to 8.5GB of Data or Up to Four Hours of Video
on a Single Double Layer DVD Disc</a> :D

The new drives are expected to start shipping by the end of the second quarter at an estimated selling price of $230 for the internal DRU-700A and $330 for the external DRX-700UL

:D
 

Atrail

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Sweet.

How long till the next generation dvd format beyond this one comes out?
 

Atrail

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Originally posted by: GoodDad
Originally posted by: Atrail
Sweet.

How long till the next generation dvd format beyond this one comes out?

its already out

If these arent out till the Q'2, how is the next generation already out? Have they even decided on the next format? :confused:
 

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I bought a Liteon DVD+/-RW about 2 months ago. Got it home and realized that every DVD I wanted to back up I had to downsample due to space. That plus the cost of media made me return it. Dual layer sounds like something I'd keep. Article mentions a starting price of $230 for th internal. Hopefully by Q4 they will go down to $150(ish), then I'll bite.
 

Shawn

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They better release a firmware update for my dvd+rw drive. :frown:
 

anxi80

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by the time a decent dual-layer burner speed comes out (8x), blu-ray will probably becoming more common.

/me shakes fist at the sky "damn you quickly-evolving technology!"
 

GoodToGo

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Woah, I was one of the first buyers of DRU500A when it came out and heres to hoping for naother dell deal where I can get it for much lesser than $230 :D Also when the DRU500A came out, it was around $300-350 and I am suprised to see that Sony is releasing a DVD drive at a price so low :Q