First Blu-ray Drive by Pioneer Q1 2006

[Perfect Stu]

Originally Posted by GameMaster

We must resist this, everyone!

DVD medium is still great! Don't let it be destroyed!

Blu-Ray wont destroy DVD...Blu-Ray drives will have DVD playback

it's not a replacement, but an evolution

[MuGen]

lol which is why I said Evolution, and not Revolution... that and I tried to stay away from the REVOLUTION term being as thats Nintendo's gimmick right now.

[KillerGremlin]

So....if these aren't too expensive, I'll definitely be picking one up by the end of the year. I've been looking for practicle ways to back up my music, and I don't really want to use 30 DVDs.

[MuGen]

Yeah but i'm kinda wondering how much the blank ones will be. Prices have significantly be slashed for CD-R's now.... DVD's are now at a bargain price and BRD? hmm ...

I predict blank BRD's to go for $49.99 for a pack of 20 or something.
But then you could fit thousands of songs or large packets of info in there...

Either way.... movies will eventually make their leap to BRD, considering how many movies they have now for the UMD format for PSP. So eventually buying a PS3 will become a option for kids, teens, and adults alike. This is what happened when PS2 launched with the DVD player.... it was a hot selling point.

[Jonbo298]

2x BDR...Nope, not buying it yet. Those speeds will take forever to burn an entire disc. If its only comparable to 51x CD-R and it takes 2-3 minutes to burn a single CD...I dont want to imagine how long it would take with that

Oh..and good job by the way taking a jab at a company thinking outside the box

[Null]

Originally Posted by Jonbo298

2x BDR...Nope, not buying it yet. Those speeds will take forever to burn an entire disc. If its only comparable to 51x CD-R and it takes 2-3 minutes to burn a single CD...I dont want to imagine how long it would take with that

Oh..and good job by the way taking a jab at a company thinking outside the box

you gotta remember, they've already stated that both BRD and HDDVD drives read thier discs MUCH faster then DVD drives do.

so a 2x BRD might be comparable to current DVD speeds.

2x one format doesnt equal 2x another format. people used to think the same thing about DVD drives, "well how come a DVD drive says it reads at 16x while a CD drive reads over 50x, isnt that much slower?"
different drives, different forms of measurment.