TDK shipping Blu-ray media, still no players
Even with Blu-ray (and HD-DVD for that matter) players still MIA on store shelves, you might be
able to buy the discs somewhere. They announced today they are shipping single-sided single layer (25GB) capacity
discs. You can get the write-once BD-R blanks for $19.99 apiece while the rewriteable BD-RE will run you $24.99. They
also announced they will ship dual-layer 50GB blanks later this year for $47.99 or $59.99 depending on -R or -RE. The
discs also include DURABIS hard coating technology to protect against scratches dust and fingerprints form damaging
your valuable (25 bucks a disc, yeah thats valuable) data.Eeesh. That certainly puts a damper on the whole create-my-own-archive-of-everything-ever-known-ever project. For $25 we can buy a 50 pack of single layer DVD blanks and get cases to boot. Heres to hoping prices come down (and quick).
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Big Sam @ Apr 10th 2006 2:33PM
At those prices I'd just buy a 160GB-250GB hard drive for cheaper (after rebate) to archive everything.
TV @ Apr 10th 2006 2:51PM
I remember Blank DVDs being priced like this. Let's hope they don't get stuck in the pricing blackhole of the DVD-DL discs..
nemi @ Apr 10th 2006 3:05PM
I remember blank CD-R's costing this, then Blank DVD-R's then Blank Dual-layer DVD-R's.
This is a promising start for BR-R and BR-RE.
David @ Apr 10th 2006 4:46PM
Good thing I can't afford to become an early adopter, I'd go broke before any movies come out.