Moderators rridgely Posted August 12, 2006 Moderators Share Posted August 12, 2006 DVDs are a lot cheaper now as well. I remember when a 50 pack of dvds was like $100. Now I can get a 50 pack for about $20-25. I hardly ever burn dvds though. I will occasionaly make a movie for someone but mostly I use it to burn back ups of my hard drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldmannen Posted August 12, 2006 Share Posted August 12, 2006 Yeah and the price will possibly continue to drop. I remember when I got my WinXP system in December 2003 and was shocked at the price for a DVD burner I had seen at Staples $399.00 USD while a 10-pack of DVD+R's also seemed overpriced, now that isn't even an issue as a good quality DVD burner like a LITEON can be got for around $40.00 USD if shopping online at places like Newegg.com. Yeah, I've heard a lot of good stuff about LiteOn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PS3 Posted August 14, 2006 Author Share Posted August 14, 2006 way off-topic! but anywho, the holographic discs are coming at the end of the year at 300GB per disc and at the end of next year they will have 1.6TB per disc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators rridgely Posted August 14, 2006 Moderators Share Posted August 14, 2006 ...and cost $1000 per disc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PS3 Posted August 14, 2006 Author Share Posted August 14, 2006 are you serious? i know the 300GB disc is going to cost US$100. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFiresInTheSky Posted August 17, 2006 Share Posted August 17, 2006 the holographic discs are coming at the end of the year at 300GB per disc and at the end of next year they will have 1.6TB per disc. got some reeding on that? thanx. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PS3 Posted August 21, 2006 Author Share Posted August 21, 2006 do you mean by proof? if so then here http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/11/24/maxell_holo_storage/ this article was written last year so yeah. and this is news for me. they're bringing out a 3.9TB disc in 2010. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holographic_Versatile_Disc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted August 21, 2006 Moderators Share Posted August 21, 2006 They can come out with those insane disc sizes but they'll take forever to burn. Also if the disc gets damaged and unreadable there's going to be a hell of allot of data that gets lost in the process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredvries Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 But even MrG can surprise us with a totally new version of CCleaner! Like DjLizard has done yesterday... A huge jump from Dial-a-fix 0.60 to Dial-a-fix 1.0. He put a teaser online to give us an impression of his totally new and recoded Dial-a-fix. See here for much more information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted August 21, 2006 Moderators Share Posted August 21, 2006 Like DjLizard has done yesterday... A huge jump from Dial-a-fix 0.60 to Dial-a-fix 1.0. I was a late adopter of Dial-a-Fix, however after the first usage it fixed allot of crap that was wrong on my system that I didn't even know about which has my system humming along and running much smoother, well actually running like a brand new fresh installation of WinXP. Dial-a-Fix should be given an award for software of the year or some other prestigious award. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PS3 Posted August 23, 2006 Author Share Posted August 23, 2006 They can come out with those insane disc sizes but they'll take forever to burn. Also if the disc gets damaged and unreadable there's going to be a hell of allot of data that gets lost in the process. they will probably put something to ensure that scratches can be prevented or even fixed. people said it would take ages to burn a dvd in 1999 and now a dvd can be burnt in less than an hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaphirer Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 they will probably put something to ensure that scratches can be prevented or even fixed. people said it would take ages to burn a dvd in 1999 and now a dvd can be burnt in less than an hour. Just out, 16x DVD burners. I would throttle it down to 8x or even 4x just to be sure of the data integrity though. The actual data doesn't get scratched, it's just a protective barrier on top of the film which stores the data. Disc fixers just polish (grind, buff, w/e) off the plastic underneath it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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