Why no Buzz about new low cost BD burner?

[Rojas]

there is no way i would purchase a BD recorder with the prices
on a 25GB BD costing around $25.00 dollars each.
Yes i have seen 25GB BD disks online for $19.99 but shipping was $8.99

I went down to my local computer store a few days ago
and they had only 3 BD disks on the shelf and they where only
25GB not 50GB.

i'll look at the recorders when i see disks selling for around $5.00

[ronjones]

Originally Posted by Rojas

there is no way i would purchase a BD recorder with the prices
on a 25GB BD costing around $25.00 dollars each.
Yes i have seen 25GB BD disks online for $19.99 but shipping was $8.99

I went down to my local computer store a few days ago
and they had only 3 BD disks on the shelf and they where only
25GB not 50GB.

i'll look at the recorders when i see disks selling for around $5.00

Name brand 2X BD-Rs sell for around $13 to $15 each on-line with free shipping. The 4X BD-Rs are going for about $20 each. This is based at on-line prices at supermediastore.com (that I have used for bulk DVD-R purchases). Better than the prices you mention, but still expensive compared to the $0.25 for DVD-Rs. However, if you have a HD camcorder and want to archieve or distribute you edited home videos (or semi-pro videos) then these prices shouldn't be a showstopper for many potential owners.

[JadedRaverLA]

Originally Posted by ronjones

Name brand 2X BD-Rs sell for around $13 to $15 each on-line with free shipping.

Verbatim 2x BD-Rs 25GB are $9.00 at Meritline (everyday price). Shipping adds a bit, but still works out to under $10 a piece in batches of 10 for very high quality media. Better still, the Verbatim 2x discs burn at 4x in every 4x burner I've tried them in, and at 6x in the LG drives!

[saxmusickman]

After purchasing another BD-R, I was able to get a good burn from the new LG drive. There were a couple of things that I did change from the first session; no activity on the computer while the burn went down, the temporary file was moved to a drive with 250GB of free space (only 60 needed), and I switched from a TDK to a Sony disc.

Any one of those changes could have resulted in a good writing session. The burn for full disc capacity (somewhere around 23.7 GB) took about 46 minutes. If it continues this well, the LG burner should be a solid performer.

[Mr. Spiffy-Pants]

I spent the majority of yesterday evening (after dinner, of course) playing around with this drive. Thankfully I bought a Sony BD-RE disc, so no coasters for me. Eventually I was able to convert an unlicensed HD anime MKV and get it to play properly on my PS3! The only problem I'm having is that I can't get the subtitles to display properly, but that is an issue with the program I'm using to convert the MKV and not the drive itself. This drive is awesome!