[MLUG - DISCUSSION] Blu-ray rewritable media, Blu-ray drives

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

It looks like they're getting $25 per disc for the 25 GB Blu-ray 
rewritables:

http://tinyurl.com/3awq4o

And a pack of 50 BD-R (recordable, not rewritable) discs is going for only 
$500 ($10 apiece).  Six DVD-R discs would hold more but they would only 
cost about $1.50.  So BD-R is much pricier per GB.  BD-R would be more 
convenient though except that no one has a BD-R drive (no one I know at 
least).

In fact, I'm not sure that it is even possible to buy a BD-RW or BD-R 
drive.  All I see on newegg.com are Blu-ray ROM drives going for just 
under $200.  Ooops -- just found four Blu-ray DVD burners going for $400 
(2x by LiteOn), $440 (2x by Philips) or $600 (4x by Sony).  Still too 
pricey for me!

These new drives are pretty amazingly flexible.  Take Sony's for example:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827131055

6X DVD+R
8X DVD+RW
4X DVD+R DL
16X DVD-R
6X DVD-RW
2X DVD-RAM
16X DVD-ROM
40X CD-R
32X CD-RW
40X CD-ROM
4X Blu-ray

All that for only $600!  It's great that all those discs fit into the same 
drive.

Mike

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