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Posted by guv on 10/02/05 18:06
On Sun, 02 Oct 2005 15:49:35 +0100, Martyn Drake <usenet@drake.org.uk>
wrote:
>On Sun, 2 Oct 2005 14:23:01 +0100, RCE Defiant wrote:
>
>> What's with the price of these? They never seem to get to a reasonable
>> price. I want some dual layer discs but I'm too much of a tight arse to pay
>> the high price for them!
>
>Probably to do with the various industries - wanting to keep the price
>high because they know it's possible to copy a full DVD without having
>to resort to transcoding. My guess is that if it is industry influence
>affecting the prices, we *might* see a price drop when HD/Blue-Ray is
>the norm.
>
>Just a theory - not a particularly good one perhaps, but it's a theory..
The main reason (apparently) is due to the high failure rate when they
are made.
Personally I will stick with DVDR5 - with even those still haven some
compatability issues - I hate to think what DVDR9 will be like!
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