Posted by mo on 10/02/05 17:23

"Martyn Drake" <usenet@drake.org.uk> wrote in message
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> 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..
>
> Regards,
>
> Martyn

SVP - about 2.20 a disc (packs of 10) - hmm, I am getting a double layer
DVDRW next week - didnt know they were that expensive tho!

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