BLU RAY is out!

[daysleeper]

You can buy one (RW) for R11 000 for lanworld near n1 city. they hold 25 GB per disk. don't know how much these are!

 

[killadoob]

great let me go rebond my house so i can store 25 gig

 

[simple_simon]

i was just got of the phone with STD bank, they've approved my loan for it.

 

[mancombseepgood]

Blu Ray

"Blu Ray..... I saw you standing alone...."
Ha ha - sorry, not for me at that price!~

 

[doobiwan]

For that I can, Fly to Hong Kong and use an internet cafe to upload that amount of data to an online storage account

 

[dualmeister]

R11 000 ... are they mad. You can buy one for under R9000 at Take2.
http://www.take2.co.za/list.php?type=4&cat=794&parent=800

Discs are R729 for 5.

 

[Wisemansa]

.........il wait a year then il buy writer for 500 and disks for 10 rand...........

 

[daysleeper]

IDE or SATA?

another thing is that the drive better be SATA, because all these new boards have got 1 IDE, so the next generation of boards will have 0 ide.

besides, you'll still probably be paying your not so new toy off by then.

R10K is a whole chunk of change!

 

[supersunbird]

I sell them (pioneer) for R8500. What a ripoff...

 

[Riq]

I sell them (pioneer) for R8500. What a ripoff...

Does that mean you'll give us, your forum buddies, a discount on that price?

 

[supersunbird]

Does that mean you'll give us, your forum buddies, a discount on that price?

Off course, a slight one...

 

[ShockG]

Blu Ray not viable right now and not at those prices. Won't buy 5 empty spinning disc for R700 odd
That's insane...

Because of the pricing alone, I'm pushing for HD-DVD rather than Blu.

 

[playkiller no.2]

I don't think you play movies on those yet.

 

[supersunbird]

Special MyADSL price: R7250 (available in black or beige)

If buying player, get the following at cost price:
25GB writeable Blu Ray Disks (5 in jewel boxes): R650
25GB RE-writeable Blu Ray Disks (5 in jewel boxes): R800

 

[werner]

I don't think you play movies on those yet.

movies play just fine buddy.

was watching 5th element yesterday, and it is perfectly ok. once you jump through all the hurdles.

sony bwu100 drive, with powerdvd blu-ray edition (labelled as powerdvd 6.6 BD)

 

[mancombseepgood]

Ok - how fast do these thingys transfer...
to RW disk?

 

[scotty777]

um sounds good all i have to do is sell my computer and im sorted

 

[supersunbird]

Ok - how fast do these thingys transfer...
to RW disk?

Pioneer:
Max. 2X writing speed for BD-R/RE
Max. 8X writing speed for DVD-R/+R
Max. 2X writing speed for DVD-R DL (Dual Layer)
Max. 2.4X writing speed for +R DL (Double Layer) Discs
Max. 4X writing speed for DVD-RW/+RW

bit slow...

 

[GTi]

Pioneer:
Max. 2X writing speed for BD-R/RE
Max. 8X writing speed for DVD-R/+R
Max. 2X writing speed for DVD-R DL (Dual Layer)
Max. 2.4X writing speed for +R DL (Double Layer) Discs
Max. 4X writing speed for DVD-RW/+RW

bit slow...

25 gig at that speed,It will just irritate me,skip me from the buying list,I'll rather get me a multimedia centre with a 500 gig HD,that will work just fine for me thank you.@R8000 - R11 000