DualLayer Verbatim for $6.60

[rmd3003]

I don't know if it was posted, but 30 disks for $199 seems a good price
http://www.cddvdking.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=693 [/url]

[Halm]

Maybe it's just me, but I don't see how paying nearly $7 for a dual layer disk is a good deal. Hmmm...let's see...I can buy a new dual-layer burner (and chuck my nearly new 8X single layer), pay $7 or more for a disk and burn 8+ gigs on a single disk. And if there is a surge, a power failure or I get hit with a temporary case of dumb...I can have a $7 coaster and try again....Good Deal! OR...I can record the same 8+ gigs on two Riteks for about a buck...and have to go to the massive amount of trouble that changing a disk involves.

Ok...enough sarcasm...I just don't see the expense as justifiable. Disk will have to get down to under a buck to make it worth messing with dual-layer. Just my $0.02

[leebo]

Sounds like a lot less than 2 cents to me.
The guy was just trying to help out the few people who have dual layer burners - not the one's who just bought a single layer burner!

Considering dual layer discs were more than $20 less than two months ago, thats good progress.

Just my 2 cents.

[GizmoTheGremlin]

I have to agree with Halm. However, it is nice to see the price dropping so quickly.

Couple more months and they may be worth buying.

[D.A.R.J.R.]

I promised myself I would upgrade to a DL burner once the discs cost less than $5 each. Looks like I may be buying one soon if the prices keep going down...but I dont look forward to buying them in $200 increments.

[dafoe]

You hit the nail on the head. Most people aren't any more willing to pay $7 for a dual layer disc than they are are $20, but it is progress.

It's a good sign that we are a little bit closer to these things being reasonably priced. Definitely encouraging.

[handyguy]

It's a better price but looking at their Verb medias on that page they don't say Verbatim on the top of the disk & I would think they would since that is a major Manf?

[Gen-An]

The bulk Verbatim media isn't branded; it's either shiny silver topped or white printable.

[lordsmurf]

I remember paying $6 a pop for MCC and PVC media 2x SL. I'd do it for $6 each, no problem. But not in bulk. Maybe a handful at a time.

Remember, some of us make our own content. I'd rather have 8GB than 4GB of space. More elbow room.

[JohnnyCNote]

Once they reach about a buck apiece I'll stock up. I can wait...

[handyguy]

Frankly, how can Verbs go from $15 to $6, when the cheapo media is still around $9 a disk?

[hhhhbk]

i'l be waiting until dual layer disks drop to the same price or less than 2 single layer disks

it is nice to see the price dropping rapidly
i reckon theyll be under the 2 buck mark within a year

[handyguy]

Naw, the price is going to be the same for new ones because the speed is going to get faster. Who's going to want 2.4x media when there is 4x media?

[HyperYagami]

Who's going to want 2.4x media when there is 4x media?

1) people who has only a 2.4x DL burner
2) people who think the 4x DL media is ridicoulously expensive for the speed gained

[trickyman]

i'l be waiting until dual layer disks drop to the same price or less than 2 single layer disks

Agreed....

Has anyone had any experience with the playback compatability with DL media?
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[chas0039]

I remember paying $6 a pop for MCC and PVC media 2x SL. I'd do it for $6 each, no problem.

Remember though...you said you are waiting for the Pioneer 109D so what are you going to do with all that DL media?

By the way I have recently bought an NEC 3500AG and it burns the pants off anything I ever burned with my 107D, including my S03s. Even the newer ones that were worse than the older ones are in the teens (PI) on the NEC.

[lordsmurf]

I remember paying $6 a pop for MCC and PVC media 2x SL. I'd do it for $6 each, no problem.

Remember though...you said you are waiting for the Pioneer 109D so what are you going to do with all that DL media?

By the way I have recently bought an NEC 3500AG and it burns the pants off anything I ever burned with my 107D, including my S03s. Even the newer ones that were worse than the older ones are in the teens (PI) on the NEC.

I meant "DL" in general.
You can bet I'm waiting for the 109.
Or whatever has DVD-R DL.
At $6 a pop, for 2x or 4x DL, I'm game.