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Uh, for that matter, the $0.20 4.7GB DVD-R discs.]]>Jun 8th 2006 11:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/hitachi-and-mitsubishi-have-hd-dvd-r-rw-media-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/hitachi-and-mitsubishi-have-hd-dvd-r-rw-media-on-the-way/Jun 8th 2006 11:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/hitachi-and-mitsubishi-have-hd-dvd-r-rw-media-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/hitachi-and-mitsubishi-have-hd-dvd-r-rw-media-on-the-way/
But I agree with the poster above...at $.20 for a 4.7GB DVD-R these are far from being practical or even useful for the average Joes Data Storage needs.

Hard Drives are way cheaper & faster and way more compatible and easily portable to other computers.]]>Jun 8th 2006 11:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/hitachi-and-mitsubishi-have-hd-dvd-r-rw-media-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/hitachi-and-mitsubishi-have-hd-dvd-r-rw-media-on-the-way/
So, where's all the people crying about how Blu-Ray is sooooo much more expensive that you'd have to include your first-born in the deal to get a Blu-Ray-disc?

HD-DVD ($/GB): 1,1833... and even more '3's
BD-Disc($/GB): 0,8

Less cost is regularly what is considered "cheaper", the defenitions may have changed since I last looked it up though.]]>Jun 8th 2006 11:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/hitachi-and-mitsubishi-have-hd-dvd-r-rw-media-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/hitachi-and-mitsubishi-have-hd-dvd-r-rw-media-on-the-way/Movies will surely be on 30gb discs, just like DVDs are on 8 gb discs, not 4.

...and dual layer burners will be expensive, just as dual layer media will be equally expensive. I think its on purpose, just to fuck with people who want to safety copy their media. This is also a reason why I hope blue-ray will win.]]>Jun 8th 2006 12:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/hitachi-and-mitsubishi-have-hd-dvd-r-rw-media-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/hitachi-and-mitsubishi-have-hd-dvd-r-rw-media-on-the-way/
HD-DVD started life as a ROM based format so it's pathway to recording a wee bit longer. I'm not so sure either format is really that much of a necessity for consumers who rarely generate 15GB of new content to backup a day unless they are doing some naughty things. ]]>Jun 8th 2006 1:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/hitachi-and-mitsubishi-have-hd-dvd-r-rw-media-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/hitachi-and-mitsubishi-have-hd-dvd-r-rw-media-on-the-way/
Kinda makes the whole statement about HD beating out BD moot, eh? This would even warrant a post title change.

BTW, Maxell = Hitachi? If not, edit, edit, edit!]]>Jun 8th 2006 1:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/hitachi-and-mitsubishi-have-hd-dvd-r-rw-media-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/hitachi-and-mitsubishi-have-hd-dvd-r-rw-media-on-the-way/
Ummm... The $1000 Blu-Ray player does not seem like much of a value compared to the $500 HD-DVD player...
Am I missing something?
:p]]>Jun 8th 2006 4:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/hitachi-and-mitsubishi-have-hd-dvd-r-rw-media-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/hitachi-and-mitsubishi-have-hd-dvd-r-rw-media-on-the-way/
Does anyone here remember how much recordable CD media cost when it was introduced? How about recordable DVD media?]]>Jun 8th 2006 7:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/hitachi-and-mitsubishi-have-hd-dvd-r-rw-media-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/hitachi-and-mitsubishi-have-hd-dvd-r-rw-media-on-the-way/Jun 8th 2006 7:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/hitachi-and-mitsubishi-have-hd-dvd-r-rw-media-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/hitachi-and-mitsubishi-have-hd-dvd-r-rw-media-on-the-way/
Like DVD there is no set datarate so rating media by mintues makes little sense. ]]>Jun 8th 2006 7:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/hitachi-and-mitsubishi-have-hd-dvd-r-rw-media-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/hitachi-and-mitsubishi-have-hd-dvd-r-rw-media-on-the-way/Am I missing something?"

You missed the $500-$600 PS3, which is a fully featured BluRay player, among other nice features, unlike the feature stripped $500 HD-DVD players...]]>Jun 9th 2006 3:45AM