what's the cheapest blu-ray writer and/or player for PC right now on the market? When are prices gonna drop to DVD drives?
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Here is 1 for $75USD
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106294
ocgw
peacei7 2700K @ 4.4Ghz 16GB DDR3 1600 Samsung Pro 840 128GB Seagate 2TB HDD EVGA GTX 650
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That drive can't write to BD media, only read it. Try these if you want to write to BD:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&SubCategory=600&N=2010100600...TabStoreType=1 -
I bought that Lite-on BD-ROM (read-only) almost a year ago. I got it for US$80-shipped from Newegg on a shell shocker deal. I expected prices to have fallen long ago.
I don't understand why prices have been stagnant so long, unless demand for BD drives is still low. -
Originally Posted by sandro
Fyi if you are looking solely for a player you might consider a settop model. IF you don't need bd live you can find great deals on models they are trying to closeout - many under 200.00 I believe.Donatello - The Shredder? Michelangelo - Maybe all that hardware is for making coleslaw? -
I'd like to buy directly a burner, but the prices are too high. IMHO also the simple players for PC are too high, they don't seem to drop
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they used to be $300-400, didn't they?
the industry keeps the prices high with sales few and far between
this way come christmas, that $99 down from $150 looks good
then up they go again
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There doesn't seem much innovation in the models tho .. PC BD readers were at 4x reading speed 12-18 months ago and even now they have barely crept up to 8x with very little choice in the market...
Corned beef is now made to a higher standard than at any time in history.
The electronic components of the power part adopted a lot of Rubycons. -
I bought a pioneer blu-ray burner for $209 from newegg. If it's anything like their line of DVD burners, I got a good deal
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Originally Posted by RabidDog
I will see if i can find the article I read
edit: here it goes
http://www.blu-ray.com/faq/
1.7 How fast can you read/write data on a Blu-ray disc?
According to the Blu-ray Disc specification, 1x speed is defined as 36Mbps. However, as BD-ROM movies will require a 54Mbps data transfer rate the minimum speed we're expecting to see is 2x (72Mbps). Blu-ray also has the potential for much higher speeds, as a result of the larger numerical aperture (NA) adopted by Blu-ray Disc. The large NA value effectively means that Blu-ray will require less recording power and lower disc rotation speed than DVD and HD-DVD to achieve the same data transfer rate. While the media itself limited the recording speed in the past, the only limiting factor for Blu-ray is the capacity of the hardware. If we assume a maximum disc rotation speed of 10,000 RPM, then 12x at the outer diameter should be possible (about 400Mbps). This is why the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) already has plans to raise the speed to 8x (288Mbps) or more in the future.
yep, blu ray is almost @ the physical limit already
ocgw
peacei7 2700K @ 4.4Ghz 16GB DDR3 1600 Samsung Pro 840 128GB Seagate 2TB HDD EVGA GTX 650
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Well if I just go by that paragraph there, they can spin a HD at 15K, so why not a BD reader?
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Originally Posted by funnel71
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Yep, a HDD disc is made of aluminum and coated with a magnetic material to very precise specifications. It's also in a somewhat sealed environment and there is no dust or other crud in there to cause problems. A HDD drive head rides on a cushion of air to maintain a very tight clearance with the discs. A human hair on the disc would destroy the drive head.
On the other hand, DVD/CD/Blu-ray discs are plastic and can function with some dirt or dust. The mechanism that steers the laser can make adjustments 'on the fly' for slightly warped discs and other problems. The read/write system is self correcting. The higher density of Blu-ray discs make it fairly difficult to raise the read/write speed very much. But the data throughput of a Blu-ray is many times greater than a DVD or CD.
But....Getting back to the OPs original question, I find the Sony BD ROM drives work fairly well and they were the cheapest, so I have one. I bought a faster reading LG BD ROM drive and it still reads at the same speed as the Sony, only it cost more. I have a Pioneer BD burner now, but I haven't checked how well it reads a BD disc. I'm still going to use the Sony or LG drive for that. -
Originally Posted by funnel71
ocgw
peacei7 2700K @ 4.4Ghz 16GB DDR3 1600 Samsung Pro 840 128GB Seagate 2TB HDD EVGA GTX 650
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This was on MythBusters....They could never get a disc to shatter using a standard DVD/CD drive. It took a VERY high speed grinder cranked all the way up to explode a disc.
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That was undamaged disc under 30,000rpm
Who knows what will happen with a damaged dsic -
I only know of one case of a disk exploding in the drive. It was a CD that was not obviously damaged. I did not see it happen, but I know very well the tech who did and he was not BS'ing. Said no real unusual noises until it made a loud bang. It was a 52x drive.
It may have had a hairline crack, or an invisible defect, or simply been one in a million. -
Originally Posted by Nelson37
ocgw
peacei7 2700K @ 4.4Ghz 16GB DDR3 1600 Samsung Pro 840 128GB Seagate 2TB HDD EVGA GTX 650
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Originally Posted by ocgw
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