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PC hardware: Poll: Are you considering a Blu-ray disc burner for your PC?
- 1/30/09 1:26 PM
Poll: Are you considering a Blu-ray disc burner for your PC?
by Lee Koo (ADMIN) - 1/30/09 1:26 PM
Are you considering a Blu-ray disc burner for your computer?
-- Yes. (Please explain.)
-- No, the write speed is still way too slow. (Please explain.)
-- No, not until Blu-ray recordable discs come down in price. (Please explain.)
-- No, not until it becomes a standard. (Please explain.)
-- I'm already using a Blu-ray burner. (How do you like it?)
-- Undecided. (What's holding you back?)
NO, not yet
by Willy - 1/30/09 5:26 PM In reply to: Poll: Are you considering a Blu-ray disc burner for your PC? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I really see no benefit of getting one for the time being. Its not a run out and gotta have it sorta thing. Sure, it may provide more storage but even that is offset by cost and plain DVD will do fine for now, IMHO. adios -----Willy 
Still Waiting
by royston2 - 1/31/09 7:47 AM In reply to: NO, not yet by WillyI had to make a decision about bluray a few years ago when purchasing the home theater set up. Had a great sales rep from Myer Emco who told me a up-converting DVD player would make regular CDs play at a higher level. Got a Denon up-converter and have not been sorry.
I don't want to make the mistake I did in the Beta vs VHS wars of years ago. Jon
I have one just because.
by hondaclf - 1/30/09 6:38 PM In reply to: Poll: Are you considering a Blu-ray disc burner for your PC? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I do have a BluRay burner in my PC. I got an LG HD-DVD reader/BluRay reader/burner for my Home Theater PC but I don't use the drive for backup. I have an HDMI out on the PC so it can be used to watch any DVD I own, BluRay, HD-DVD or standard DVD. I got 1 BD-RE with the drive and a few on ebay for a good price. We'll see where the drives go from here, maybe I'll get a faster one later(they are really slow burners currently).
Blu-ray IS a standard
by CaptLaser - 1/30/09 6:56 PM In reply to: Poll: Are you considering a Blu-ray disc burner for your PC? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
As of this post over half the respondents selected, "No, not until it becomes a standard." Am I missing something? The HDDVD vs Blu-ray war is over, and Blu-ray won. The prices of players are on their way down due to a deflationary economy. Contrary to some opinion Blu-ray players gained in popularity this winter. I think the high price of blank Blu-ray disks remains a hindrance for many to accept Blu-ray as a "standard." If you choose to go for it, look for one that can play the AVCHD format. It's a consumer choice, but I believe this format will hit our markets very soon.
Blu-Ray
by issachar5 - 1/30/09 7:53 PM In reply to: Poll: Are you considering a Blu-ray disc burner for your PC? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
We all will. Of course, the price MUST come down, and the speed of recording (and rerecording) must increase greatly. Why will we all go Blu-Ray? Because it holds more data.
The 800 pound gorilla, however, (FLASH MEMORY) may well make even the blu-ray obsolete, perhaps before it even has a chance to become established.
One thing is certain, BLU-RAY will be replaced by something. I am betting on flash memory, which I suspect will also replace the hard drive before long.
No, not yet the Price of blank media still way too high!
by AnthonyNYC - 1/30/09 9:26 PM In reply to: Poll: Are you considering a Blu-ray disc burner for your PC? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I can back up my PC onto 3 blank DVD-R disc's currently using backup software which also compresses data. But even if I needed 25 gb worth of storage, (5) blank DVD-R discs cost around $1.25 now, less than a quarter each. The burners are about $20 including shipping, less than one blank blu-ray disc costs.
So until the price of the blank media drops tremendously, I can't see paying another $200 for the burner all for a little convenience.
I can live with changing blank dvd discs during a backup or restore at these prices.
And with 22x speed of dvd blank media, it's probably faster than using one big blu-ray disc at 2x burn speed, right?
Yes, because...
by Brock Tungsten - 1/30/09 10:54 PM In reply to: Poll: Are you considering a Blu-ray disc burner for your PC? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
...I have only a few vices and indulgences. Foremost among the few is finding the latest bell or whistle I can afford to stuff into my computers. I survived when SyQuest drives went by the wayside, so if Blu-Ray standards shift around, I'll cope. Besides, computing has always been mercurial and that's part of the fun -- eventually we all get to play the crusty old timer, boring kids with our tales of the Bernoulli Box and the Osborne 1.
undecided
by alburyants - 1/30/09 11:02 PM In reply to: Poll: Are you considering a Blu-ray disc burner for your PC? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
my DVD burner's work just fine for what I do and the cost is way too high in Australia. So for now I will just stick with my 2 DVD burners.
-- Undecided
by Taegugki - 1/31/09 12:27 AM In reply to: Poll: Are you considering a Blu-ray disc burner for your PC? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
1) If I were in the video production industry then I would definitely get it.
2) The cost to benefit ratio over my DVD-R is not even close especially here in South Korea, where things cost 30% to 50% more for these things.
No, my win2k can't handle it,
by ahtoi - 1/31/09 1:02 AM In reply to: Poll: Are you considering a Blu-ray disc burner for your PC? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
and the price is still too high.
definite no atleast as of now
by klvenkatt - 1/31/09 1:56 AM In reply to: Poll: Are you considering a Blu-ray disc burner for your PC? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Well there are quite a few issues to be sorted out, atleast in India:
It is definitely not the standard yet.
If it is for just backing up my data, I would definitely prefer an external Hard Drive, Easy, Cheaper, Faster...
The Blank Blu Rays are next to impossible to find!
They are very expensive...
Of course I would love to watch movies and listen to music in the latest PCM 7.1 Audio.
So the answer is a no.no. for data purposes and YES for Media, but as and when it is available freely, covering all titles especially my choice and taste...
The technology is dead
by Sretko - 1/31/09 2:04 AM In reply to: Poll: Are you considering a Blu-ray disc burner for your PC? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
The concept of physical media is dead. Blu-Ray is the last bastion of a former era. Going forward the idea that you will put media on a physical disk just won't make sense. Electronic transfer and solid state storage along with cheap on demand access means there is no need. Only a few years ago I would use a cd/dvdrom cake every few months. Now I can't remember when I last burned a disk. All my media is stored on external portable drives or my iPod. Eventually these will be replaced by solid state then by universal wifi access for use on the move.
Blu-Rays at work
by stoobush - 1/31/09 4:23 AM In reply to: Poll: Are you considering a Blu-ray disc burner for your PC? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Hey everyone,
I am in the process of ordering some blu-ray burner drives for data aquisition PC's at work. We're always backing up 40+GB of data from the system and storing them on DVD. Blu-rays will make that a million times easier!
Blue-ray disc burner?
by rudolphl - 1/31/09 5:59 AM In reply to: Poll: Are you considering a Blu-ray disc burner for your PC? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I see no compelling reason to consider a Blu-ray burner, particularly considering the format incompatability with most other common devices.
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