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tiburoncito2000 - Posted 4:36 pm PDT 05/31/09 (1350 Posts)
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imonit - Posted 4:45 pm PDT 05/31/09 (253 Posts)
Thanks for that
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mrayray09 - Posted 6:56 pm PDT 05/31/09 (99 Posts)
I was gonna get one, but since your waiting, i think ill wait too.
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bclinton - Posted 7:52 pm PDT 05/31/09 (197 Posts)
Wow - You think they will come down some more? Ok I'll wait too....
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InvaderZim - Posted 9:15 pm PDT 05/31/09 (648 Posts)
Gets cheaper and cheaper... I paid $230 for mine. Great drive, BTW, not just for BluRay but for DVDs and CDs as well.
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stealth403 - Posted 9:16 pm PDT 05/31/09 (218 Posts)
these will likely go up in price. so i'm buying now.
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PennyPinchers - Posted 9:17 pm PDT 05/31/09 (22 Posts)
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JinOH - Posted 4:39 am PDT 06/1/09 (1264 Posts)
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petep2112 - Posted 5:26 am PDT 06/1/09 (398 Posts)
Great drive. Works well with this media (Ritek):
http://www.mediamegamall.com/mega-media-bluray-disc-25gb-bdr-silver-lacquer-nonhub-print-25pk-cakebox-mmbr2xssc25-p-17982.html?osCsid=2511155c2ea04a46ad7a5d443cdc7514
$2.99 per disk with free shipping for orders over $100.
http://www.mediamegamall.com/mega-media-bluray-disc-25gb-bdr-silver-lacquer-nonhub-print-25pk-cakebox-mmbr2xssc25-p-17982.html?osCsid=2511155c2ea04a46ad7a5d443cdc7514
$2.99 per disk with free shipping for orders over $100.
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superd00d3 - Posted 10:20 am PDT 06/1/09 (2475 Posts)
#5, have you successfully backed up a Blu-ray disc? I read some time back that it is possible to rip a BR disc onto a hard drive but not onto a blank BR disc. Is that still true?
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mattopolis - Posted 11:07 am PDT 06/1/09 (20 Posts)
I have also used this drive - it's really great for data backups. I also did a 50gb DL disk as a test - and it worked great. Took a long time - but it was a good thing it came out ok first try - at $25/disk for 50gb DL discs (at the time), you don't want any coasters. Still, it's still far far more cost effective to back up your data to external HD's for now. I'm also still waiting for the drives to drop to the $100 range, and discs to the $2 range before jumping. Based on the recent price drops, looks like more are to come in the next 6mo.
Also watched blu-ray and HDDVD movies on this drive - they both looked and worked flawlessly. The PowerDVD software is constantly in a state of update flux and some movies required special patches - but that's PowerDVD's fault. Still, the need for HDDVD is pretty much gone/useless feature. Bye-bye HD betamax...
Highly recommend.
Also watched blu-ray and HDDVD movies on this drive - they both looked and worked flawlessly. The PowerDVD software is constantly in a state of update flux and some movies required special patches - but that's PowerDVD's fault. Still, the need for HDDVD is pretty much gone/useless feature. Bye-bye HD betamax...
Highly recommend.







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