8.5 Gig DVD's

[LoneGunman]

I was in Best Buy yesterday,noticed that the 8.5 gig DVD's are
everywhere now - roughly $30 for 25..(around R210) still ridiculously
pricey but way better than the R70 or so each that I recall in SA, early last
year.
Almost bought a pack, but am gonna wait till the price drops..

The move here seems to be towards enclosure media player hard drives,
got my eye on the Mvix - a wireless network capable enclosure that you
just slap a 500 gig HD into, with all your movies on, and stream to your TV
and use a remote control to watch whatever..
http://www.amazon.com/Mvix-Wireless...8?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1174477643&sr=1-1

Again, its all about waiting for the price to drop, as $300+ is a lot of money here.. and I'm needing to spend $550 to replace my fujitsu mobo, after a coffee accident..

Amazing how fast one gets used to both lots of easily available gadgets
and goodies, as well as reliant on a good postal system, that means I can
parcel up my laptop, send it by post to Fujitsu (who'll get it in 2-3 days)
and have it back in a week or so..

 

[martmeister]

CompUSA is better I think for computer stuff. Also Fry's if it's in your area. that's the bomb. Was in Seattle for a month over xmas and Jan, the sales are crazy. personally nothing can beat newegg for online stuff. double check the prices there.

 

[marine1]

If you are in California go to Fry's.

 

[marine1]

By the way they have those wireless units here and they are about R2500 without a hard drive.
www.mvix.co.za

 

[Fudzy]

By the way they have those wireless units here and they are about R2500 without a hard drive.
www.mvix.co.za

Or this playtime device for R890

http://www.prophecy.co.za/zioncom-playtime-hv0102b-multimedia-player-p-21009.html

 

[Kompete]

I was in Best Buy yesterday,noticed that the 8.5 gig DVD's are
everywhere now - roughly $30 for 25..(around R210) still ridiculously
pricey but way better than the R70 or so each that I recall in SA, early last
year.

Excuse my ignorance, but is there a Best Buy outlet in SA? or where else can I get my hands on the 8.5G DVD's?

 

[marine1]

www.frontier-electronics.co.za

 

[Juggy]

Cheapest I've seen is 19 each ex vat at Rectron for the HP DVD+R DL.

 

[PeterCH]

If you're in the States you should see who does genuine Taiyo Yuden media (single layer only) they beat everything else for quality and reliability. I just got a 100 "That's" TY DVD-Rs from Japan. They are da bomb .