When did DVD Burner prices go the way of CD Burner Prices?

[marmasatt]

Wow,

This is awesome right now. I don't really know when DVD Burner prices went the way of CD Burners, but I'm sure we'll see some FAR pretty soon. Remember when CD Burners were $ 300 bucks? Then they went to $ 100 before you knew it and then FAR at any given store..... I remember less than a year ago looking for 2x DVD Burners for over $ 150 bucks. Now it seems you can even get a 16X for under $ 100. Anyone have a guess when a DVD Burner will be FAR? Or when you will be able to get a 52X DVD Burner for about $ 50 bucks? :thumbsup: I don't think we'll be waiting too much longer.

 

[Algere]

Doubt you'll see a 52x dvd burner. AFAIK the limitation of DVD's(not DVD drive) is around 16x.

 

[VirtualLarry]

A little OT for this forum, but not this thread. I managed to snag a 4x DVD +/- R/RW drive yesterday for $30, it was a clearance Cendyne that was an open-box return. I went looking on the web for updates and a description of whether the included Nero was a version 5.x or 6.x release (since it's still sealed, I thought I might sell/trade it, since I already have Nero 5.x). I also came across an article about the debut of this drive, suggested retail was $299! The date on the article was only May of 2003 (last year). So in over a year's time, the price on this drive dropped by an entire magnitude, $300 to $30. Whoa.

At this rate, CD-burners will start to become a rarity, or at least sold new on the market. Last time I checked, top-of-the-line 52x32x52 models from each of the major mfg's, were selling retail for only $20-30 online. (LiteOn 52x on NewEgg for $25, etc). If you want a back-up CDRW drive, now's the time to buy them folks, because I have a feeling that they will be going the way of the dinosaur pretty soon.

This is actually kind of a sad thing. Why? Because dedicated CDRW drives can burn CD-Rs faster than most DVD burners can (my NEC 1300A can only burn CD-R at 16x), AND ... the most important part - some CD-RW drives can burn copy-protected game CDs. Most DVD burners CANNOT. (Ones that require "correct EFM encoding".) So that's a big reason to own both, if you don't mind taking up two drive bays.

Edit: Clarify, not getting rid of the Nero disc, sorry.

 

[magomago]

I'm going to sit on my 48x cd burner and just wait for Dual Layer technology to cheapen- and then probably wait some more for blue ray technology to cheapen
Yeah once I find a good deal- 50 no rebates, I'll pick one up, use it for two or so years and get my moneys worth and then replace it again

 

[RobCur]

Originally posted by: magomago
I'm going to sit on my 48x cd burner and just wait for Dual Layer technology to cheapen- and then probably wait some more for blue ray technology to cheapen
Yeah once I find a good deal- 50 no rebates, I'll pick one up, use it for two or so years and get my moneys worth and then replace it again

4500mbvs702mb is a big difference!@#
DONT WAIT ANY LONGER THOUHGT>>

 

[marmasatt]

AFAIK the limitation of DVD's(not DVD drive) is around 16x.

Oh yeah, I never thought about that .

 

[RobCur]

Originally posted by: marmasatt

AFAIK the limitation of DVD's(not DVD drive) is around 16x.

Oh yeah, I never thought about that .

my harddrive can't even keep up very well at 16x 24000mb/sec
let alone 32x at 48000mb/sec

 

[CQuinn]

AFAIK the limitation of DVD's(not DVD drive) is around 16x.

and DVD speeds are a couple times faster than CD speeds