With blue ray and hd-dvd on the pinnacle of being available - why the heck hasn't double layer dvd media became cheap?

episodic

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Stupid artifical prices. I just be able to get a spindle of 50 double layer disks for 14.95 by now.

Wth is taking so long?
 

Wag

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Forgetting word definitions...

<$2 is pretty good. How much cheaper do you want them?
 

alzan

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From the projected prices of the Blu-Ray and HD-DVD drives themselves, $1000 and $800 respectively, only first adopters and some businesses will be buying them. That's not enough sales of drives/media to drive down the price of DL-DVD, imo.

If I were to hazard a guess of when DL-DVD media will come down to your level, I'd say 12-18 months after Blu-Ray/HD-DVD drives are in the sub-$500 range.

 

laurenlex

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With blue ray and hd-dvd on the pinnacle of being available - why the heck hasn't double layer dvd media became cheap?

Because nobody's buying them.
 

episodic

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Originally posted by: laurenlex
With blue ray and hd-dvd on the pinnacle of being available - why the heck hasn't double layer dvd media became cheap?

Because nobody's buying them.

Noone is buying them because they are not cheap. Sell them for the price the disposable media should go for - then you'll see me pick up a couple of 100 packs every year.
 

biggestmuff

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Originally posted by: episodic
Stupid artifical prices. I just be able to get a spindle of 50 double layer disks for 14.95 by now.

Wth is taking so long?


Prices on DL DVD won't drop until BluRay and HD-DVD recorders and their media become available. Nothing "artifical" about that.