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

[Bryan J. Smith]

On Fri, 2005-06-24 at 21:04 -0400, Damien McKenna wrote:
> I'm talking about the media and technology as a whole.  If you have to 
> pay extra for them over a non-DL drive

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)

> *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.

Then just buy the drive now.

> Then again, I didn't realize they'd gotten to 8x on DL yet.

Hmmm, I wasn't aware either.
Must be only in brand new drives.


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