why BD PC drives prices don't drop?

[-Sandro-]

Why are they still so high? We're looking at $7 movies but drives still too expensive. I'm not saying burners but at least only player. I was tracing the price of the good GGW-H20L from LG since last year, was going down very quickly until at once everybody raised the prices again.

When are you we gonna see a mainstream usage of PC drives?

[Jimbo976]

I'd say likely never. The extra size of a BD isn't going to make many people go out and buy them for storage.

[-Sandro-]

and for playback?

[Jello]

Wait till after Christmas

[Jimbo976]

Originally Posted by -Sandro-

and for playback?

Well I don't think it wasn't movie playback that drove PC DVD drives to their populatiy or the prices down. It was the archival market and popularity in that space. Without this same phenomenon for Blu-ray I don't think prices are going to come down much anytime soon. I wish they would as well as I already have 2 Blu-ray writers but I think this is the reality.

Also the whole DHCP thing turns many off from using a PC for Blu-ray playback.

[Ian@CDRLabs]

DVD writers really didn't go mainstream until media prices dropped. The ability to copy DVD movies was also a big selling point. I'm guessing it will be the same for BD drives.

[curse]

newegg had a 50 dollar bd player that was lite on.. pretty good for the price.

[X400]

the prices are down compared to a year or so ago

they'll go down most likely after xmas, but media is still expensive bd-50's are $7 on ebay, bd-25's are only $2 which is cheaper than dvds when they were out for 2yrs

[kevinbr100]

Originally Posted by Jimbo976

I'd say likely never. The extra size of a BD isn't going to make many people go out and buy them for storage.

i wouldnt exactly say that. that is the main reason i bought mine, for increased storage. id say a lot of people that burn stuff to dvd will want to use bluray, especially when the discs are cheaper.

[Sharpie]

Originally Posted by Jimbo976

Also the whole DHCP thing turns many off from using a PC for Blu-ray playback.

...don't you mean HDCP(High Definition Content Protection) vs. Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol?

[Jimbo976]

Originally Posted by Sharpie

...don't you mean HDCP(High Definition Content Protection) vs. Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol?

Yeah sorry

[BarkingGhost]

Originally Posted by -Sandro-

Why are they still so high? We're looking at $7 movies but drives still too expensive. I'm not saying burners but at least only player. I was tracing the price of the good GGW-H20L from LG since last year, was going down very quickly until at once everybody raised the prices again.

When are you we gonna see a mainstream usage of PC drives?

NewEgg has been advertising a Lite-On 4X BR-ROM player for $49 the entire holiday weekend. Ain't cheap enough for you?

[kris26]

Fry's having sale once in awhile for 14.99 for 10pack spindle
Its about 1.49 a piece can't beat it
its about the right price especially when u compare it to dvd dl $0.50 times three gives u one bd-r

[-Sandro-]

Originally Posted by BarkingGhost

NewEgg has been advertising a Lite-On 4X BR-ROM player for $49 the entire holiday weekend. Ain't cheap enough for you?

I live in Europe

[krazeyeyez]

I would love to have one for storage, just my 2 cents. I would get one of these and the discs, before i got an external hard drive if they were available at a decent price, after all the blank discs are cheap imo

[Icecoldblue]

I'd rather have more internal storage.

[curse]

using blu ray would be a great way to store an image of the core files of a hard drive incase of a melt down.

[HDTV1080P]

A 8X BD-ROM drive costs around $105. For those that want a 4X BD-ROM drive they are available for under $60. Prices keep falling on BD-ROM drives. Of course after one pays around $100 for the BLU-RAY playback software the price of adding BLU-RAY to a compatible desktop computer is around $160. One can purchase a Panasonic DMP-BD60 standalone BLU-RAY player for around $125 at Amazon.

4X BD-ROM drive price search link (under $60)

http://www1.bottomdollar.com/p__Lite_On_LITE_ON_4X_BLU_RAY_READER_OEM,__7340908 75/search=IHOS10406/st=query

[swifty7]

Originally Posted by X400

the prices are down compared to a year or so ago

they'll go down most likely after xmas, but media is still expensive bd-50's are $7 on ebay, bd-25's are only $2 which is cheaper than dvds when they were out for 2yrs

wow!!! those are incredible prices, can you please post a link if you don't mind....thanks!!!!!

[HDTV1080P]

Originally Posted by curse

using blu ray would be a great way to store an image of the core files of a hard drive incase of a melt down.

Since some high quality optical discs can last 50 to 100+ years. 50GB BLU-RAY discs would be ideal for long term storage of important files. Also optical discs are immune to magnetic fields.