Blu-ray writers & discs in SA

[Khyron]

Blu-ray drives & discs in SA

Just saw the latest Makro advert. They are selling an internal LG Blu-ray drive and rewritable 25GB Blu-ray discs for R5,999.00 and R145.00 respectively.

It is not listed on the Website as yet though.

 

[Fudzy]

Where are the HD-DVD alternatives?

 

[Peppercorns]

Hmm...Pretty Cool

Too bad you have to take a a loan to buy one though

 

[Fudzy]

Quite a steep cost per GB as well if you consider you can get a 300GB hard-drive for less than the cost of 10 x 25gb blu-ray discs. Also you'll be the only dude with one of these drives for a loooong time.

 

[Toxin]

Jeez, it's the same price as what I paid for my 8800GTX.

 

[killadoob]

if someone spend 6k on this they are utterly stupid

i can understand a 8800gtx its got a use but does a 149 disk have a use for?

crazy and stupid

but dvd writers started off the same way

 

[XCalibre]

Yes i agree. In a years time those drives will probably sell for R800

 

[PeterCH]

Jeez, it's the same price as what I paid for my 8800GTX.

Don't worry. This LG drive and your 8800 will soon retail for
a grand or so.

 

[PeterCH]

if someone spend 6k on this they are utterly stupid

i can understand a 8800gtx its got a use but does a 149 disk have a use for?

crazy and stupid

but dvd writers started off the same way

An 8800gtx has use? To render some polygons a little faster?
How is that more important than storing 25GB on a CD sized disk?

Yes R6000 for both an 8800 and a BD Drive is idiotic.

 

[killadoob]

U\no but i would when a dx 10 game comes out you would rather have a 8800gtx than a 6k blu ray drive which might not even become a standard

 

[disabled]

Sounds pathetic to me.

 

[Gunny]

I agree with Fudzy you can get a media player and 500GB HDD for half the price, even less. Its portable, can be used as a external HDD and movies can be transfered to it and you dont have to make sure your friends have a dvd or blueray player.

 

[Highflyer_GP]

The irony is that the writer and the PS3 are both around the same price :/

Anybody buying a PS3 mainly for it's BR drive may as well buy the writer.

 

[hj2k_x]

The irony is that the writer and the PS3 are both around the same price :/

Anybody buying a PS3 mainly for it's BR drive may as well buy the writer.

This is true.

All of it is far too expensive either way.

 

[SuperAntMD]

PS3 is actually being subsidised by sony at the moment, so many of the people buying them are just doing so to get a subsidises blu-ray player

 

[scotty777]

lol, just get a ps3 that why it's all graphics and blu-you need, and it does play blu-ray movies better then the LG and samsungs