[Pc_Support] Re: AMD 64 DVD / Debian or Suse -- GSA-4613 = $50

[Homer Whittaker]

Bryan J. Smith wrote:

>On Fri, 2005-06-24 at 21:04 -0400, Damien McKenna wrote:
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>>I'm talking about the media and technology as a whole.  If you have to 
>>pay extra for them over a non-DL drive
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>You don't.  The LG Electronics GSA-4163 is $50 today.
>For that, you get:  
>
>Write-Once:  
>- CD-R 40x
>- DVD-R 8x
>- DVD+R 16x (CAV)
>- DVD+R-DL 4x (CAV)
>
>Rewrite:  
>- CD-RW 16x (CLV)
>- DVD-RAM 5x (CLV)
>- DVD-RW 6x (CLV)
>- CD-RW 24x (CAV)
>- DVD+RW 8x (CAV)
>
>  
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>>*and* the media is substantially more expensive (you can get 100
>>DVD-R discs for $50 = $0.50 each vs $3 for DL) then it doesn't make
>>it worth it.
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>Then just buy the drive now.
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>>Then again, I didn't realize they'd gotten to 8x on DL yet.
>>    
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>Hmmm, I wasn't aware either.
>Must be only in brand new drives.
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I just purchased a Toshiba SD-R5372 16X DVD for 39.xx from mwave.  Is 
this 16x the same measurement as the 8X you are talking about?
Homer Whittaker


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