Gints Klimanis
July 16th, 2003, 12:46 PM
Check out the price watch list in the upper right hand corner
of this site. I didn't even know about the NEC drive until now.
http://www.dvdrhelp.com/
Pioneer A06 DualDVD±R/W $197
NEC ND1300A Dual DVD±R/W $173
Sony DRU500 Dual DVD±R/W $238
Glen Elliott
July 16th, 2003, 02:56 PM
Yeah I knew it was only a matter of time before other manufacturers follow Sony's lead. Watch in like a year or so everyone will agree on one format and these dual format DVD-RW drives will be needless.
Imran Zaidi
July 16th, 2003, 03:16 PM
The NEC is the one I've heard most good stuff about.
I don't know who'd be selling it for $173, but $184 is the lowest I've seen from my list of 'reliable' vendors.
Add $50 for an external firewire case, and boom, for about $230, instant external firewire dual format DVD burner.
Wahoo! Love technology and falling prices.
Rob Lohman
July 17th, 2003, 04:38 AM
Watch in like a year or so everyone will agree on one format and these dual format DVD-RW drives will be needless.
This is untrue. If they decide on a format you already have the
capability to burn this format. Whatever way it goes. It will either
be - or + that will win. Not a new format. So with a multiformat
burner you can just go with the flow.
Glen Elliott
July 17th, 2003, 07:48 AM
That's what I meant- in that our multi-format burners will be unnecessary/overkill. But I guess it's best to be safe if there is an agreed format in the near future. Similar things were happening when the CD-R era came along.