http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/10/xbox-360-backup-hack-leads-to-surging-dual-layer-dvd-r-sales/ Engadget Comments for Xbox 360 backup hack leads to surging dual-layer DVD+/-R sales http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/10/xbox-360-backup-hack-leads-to-surging-dual-layer-dvd-r-sales/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/10/xbox-360-backup-hack-leads-to-surging-dual-layer-dvd-r-sales/
DL DVD media sales would be "surging" with or without the Xbox 360 hack, which I'd bet a pretty miniscule number of people have actually attempted. All of us out there who have DL DVD burners have just been twiddling our thumbs waiting for the price of media to come down and for more to become available. That's finally happening now. Lower prices + greater availability = higher sales. It doesn't take a magic bullet, just that basic law of supply and demand.
]]>Nov 10th 2006 10:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/10/xbox-360-backup-hack-leads-to-surging-dual-layer-dvd-r-sales/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/10/xbox-360-backup-hack-leads-to-surging-dual-layer-dvd-r-sales/
You could make a case that Netflix has made a bigger difference than the 360. A quick glance at the industry suggests that cheaper players and cheaper media is making the difference...not the 360. ]]>Nov 10th 2006 12:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/10/xbox-360-backup-hack-leads-to-surging-dual-layer-dvd-r-sales/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/10/xbox-360-backup-hack-leads-to-surging-dual-layer-dvd-r-sales/Nov 10th 2006 10:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/10/xbox-360-backup-hack-leads-to-surging-dual-layer-dvd-r-sales/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/10/xbox-360-backup-hack-leads-to-surging-dual-layer-dvd-r-sales/Nov 10th 2006 10:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/10/xbox-360-backup-hack-leads-to-surging-dual-layer-dvd-r-sales/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/10/xbox-360-backup-hack-leads-to-surging-dual-layer-dvd-r-sales/Nov 10th 2006 10:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/10/xbox-360-backup-hack-leads-to-surging-dual-layer-dvd-r-sales/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/10/xbox-360-backup-hack-leads-to-surging-dual-layer-dvd-r-sales/
Why?

because the 360 is the first DVD player that i own, that is regularly hooked up to my big screen TV that will play burned dual layer burned DVDs.

It actually has nothing to do with piracy. All the DL DVDs i burn are copies of my original retail DVDs that i put away in the basement in the bottom of my gun safe.]]>Nov 10th 2006 11:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/10/xbox-360-backup-hack-leads-to-surging-dual-layer-dvd-r-sales/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/10/xbox-360-backup-hack-leads-to-surging-dual-layer-dvd-r-sales/

Oh, and pirates are tired of downsampling. I predict in 2 years or less we'll see a surge in DVDRDL torrents and such. Stripping, re encoding, and repacking are tiresome when someone can just "Rip, click, and share a video 1 million times." Of course this means we'll have to buy bigger tubes. ]]>Nov 10th 2006 11:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/10/xbox-360-backup-hack-leads-to-surging-dual-layer-dvd-r-sales/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/10/xbox-360-backup-hack-leads-to-surging-dual-layer-dvd-r-sales/Nov 10th 2006 11:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/10/xbox-360-backup-hack-leads-to-surging-dual-layer-dvd-r-sales/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/10/xbox-360-backup-hack-leads-to-surging-dual-layer-dvd-r-sales/Nov 10th 2006 11:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/10/xbox-360-backup-hack-leads-to-surging-dual-layer-dvd-r-sales/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/10/xbox-360-backup-hack-leads-to-surging-dual-layer-dvd-r-sales/Nov 10th 2006 1:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/10/xbox-360-backup-hack-leads-to-surging-dual-layer-dvd-r-sales/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/10/xbox-360-backup-hack-leads-to-surging-dual-layer-dvd-r-sales/Nov 10th 2006 12:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/10/xbox-360-backup-hack-leads-to-surging-dual-layer-dvd-r-sales/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/10/xbox-360-backup-hack-leads-to-surging-dual-layer-dvd-r-sales/Nov 10th 2006 12:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/10/xbox-360-backup-hack-leads-to-surging-dual-layer-dvd-r-sales/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/10/xbox-360-backup-hack-leads-to-surging-dual-layer-dvd-r-sales/Nov 10th 2006 12:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/10/xbox-360-backup-hack-leads-to-surging-dual-layer-dvd-r-sales/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/10/xbox-360-backup-hack-leads-to-surging-dual-layer-dvd-r-sales/
Why we are on this - A asked all of the people I know with a DVD burner if they copy movies. Out of 20 - only 3 said they ever burn movies. Most people just don't care. They story of the three little pigs - the path of least resistance. ]]>Nov 10th 2006 1:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/10/xbox-360-backup-hack-leads-to-surging-dual-layer-dvd-r-sales/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/10/xbox-360-backup-hack-leads-to-surging-dual-layer-dvd-r-sales/
From what I've seen on other forums people only use Verbatim discs for their 360s. This article lists
CMC Magnetics and Ritek. I buy Ritek discs because they are reliable and they are priced great.
]]>Nov 10th 2006 1:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/10/xbox-360-backup-hack-leads-to-surging-dual-layer-dvd-r-sales/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/10/xbox-360-backup-hack-leads-to-surging-dual-layer-dvd-r-sales/Nov 11th 2006 1:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/10/xbox-360-backup-hack-leads-to-surging-dual-layer-dvd-r-sales/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/10/xbox-360-backup-hack-leads-to-surging-dual-layer-dvd-r-sales/Nov 10th 2006 2:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/10/xbox-360-backup-hack-leads-to-surging-dual-layer-dvd-r-sales/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/10/xbox-360-backup-hack-leads-to-surging-dual-layer-dvd-r-sales/
In fact, I commend them for weeding through the pile of useless tech news stories to bring me the ones that count.

Now, that being said, this may not be the best article that they've posted, but if you're going to blame anyone for that, you should blame these guys: http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20061108PR209.html]]>Nov 10th 2006 3:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/10/xbox-360-backup-hack-leads-to-surging-dual-layer-dvd-r-sales/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/10/xbox-360-backup-hack-leads-to-surging-dual-layer-dvd-r-sales/
Probably closer to 3.5 million
http://forum.pcvsconsole.com/viewthread.php?tid=11067

around 2.8 million in USA
around 0.7 million in Europe/ Australasia
and around 12 in Japan]]>Nov 10th 2006 3:26PM