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HP Introduces DVD Recorder
NecroPuppy writes "Hewlett-Packard is introducing the first commercially available DVD recorder, according to this. According to the article, it will be on store shelves in September, and list for $599, and uses the DVD+RW standard." Well, now that I've just bought the supposed to be awesome CD burner from TG (end plug), it might be time to pick this up come September. It'll make backing up a lot easier - since I don't have the Linus method of backing-up.
I read a review of the Pioneer A03 DVD-RW a couple of months ago. (Google's Cache of the page)
The review stated that most new DVD-ROM drives and DVD video players can read these DVD-R disks. A few can also read the DVD-RW standard.
I know what I want for Christmas!
Well, now that I've just bought the supposed to be awesome CD burner from TG
Not to poo-poo ThinkGeek (I've ordered from them before), but I can get the Sony CRX-1611 16x10x40 CD-RW drive with BurnProof for C$158 (about US$99) at several local computer stores here in Toronto (although one is my favourite).
And to think you paid twice as much, plus shipping... ouch...
It's actually quite a serious thing to plug a company owned by your own parent corporation, without giving explicit notice of that fact, or making the plug an advertisement.
But this is Slashdot, where none of that applies...
You should never take life too seriously - You'll never get out of it alive.
Apple Super Drive - DVD Recorder - been around about 6 months or so - www.apple.com\superdrive (Approx $999 i think, included with G4 macs)
_ recorder/default.asp (designed admittedly for media creators)
Panasonic Sell a DVD recorder for TV use etc - http://www.panasonic.com/consumer_electronics/dvd
Pioneer have several models (including one with UNIX drivers) - http://www.proh.com/DVD-Recorders.shtml ($820 SRP)
And thats just a quick search - HP are hardly the first consumer level and the pioneer has been out 6 months - add to this offerings by phillips and sony due out soon and you have a bad claim to HP - i dont mean to flame but can we check stories first - even a 5 minute web search would have proven the claim wrong and stopped the hundreds of posts pointing out the error
I refuse to argue with Anonymous Cowards - if you want a discussion get an account....
Just incase anyone is interested, the DVD+RW specs are here.
;).
Also, from the little I have read on zdnet it appears that DVD+RW is promising, being usable for video, data, etc. although not officially sanctioned by the DVD Forum (but with backers like HP, Phillips, Ricoh, Sony, Thomson MM, Verbatim, and Yamaha who needs the damn DVD Forum
**AA: a bunch of mindless jerks who'll be the first against the wall when the revolution comes
If you want a ~$600 DVD recorder, you already have a couple of other choices.
At $629 on PriceWatch, the Pioneer DVR-A03 that a number of posters have already mentioned writes DVD-R at 2X, DVD-RW at 1X, as well as CD-R and CD-RW.
At $535 on PriceWatch, the Panasonic LF-D311 writes DVD-R at 1X and DVD-RAM (1X for 2.6GB, 2X for 4.7GB), as well as reading the usual CD formats, but apparently not writing any CD format whatsoever.
Currently, to the best of my knowledge, the only Linux software that can drive DVD writes is proprietary (sorry, there really is no good link for it). I am not sure whether complete information on how to drive these DVD writes is given in the SCSI-3 standards on www.t10.org or whether some additional information is needed. Any pointers to this information would be appreciated, as I might get ambitious one of these days and try to hack cdrecord or cdwrite to control these drives if nobody beats me to it.
"The media for the new drive, which HP also plans to sell, will cost $15.99 per disc."
Amazon's best-selling movie DVDs seem to average around $21-$22 each. That price relative to $16 for blank media sounds like it could be a factor in the success of their DVD+RW's. The movie industry can't be happy about this, although they must realize cheap, writable DVDs are inevitable.
As long as (which others have already said) there are more than one standard and nobody yet knows which standard will be the one that wins the race, I'm not buying.
Here is a quote from a faq:
There are six recordable versions of DVD-ROM: DVD-R for General, DVD-R for Authoring, DVD-RAM, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, and DVD+R. All recordable drives can read DVD-ROM discs, but each uses a different type of disc for recording. DVD-R and DVD+R can record data once (sequentially only), while DVD-RAM, DVD-RW, and DVD+RW can be rewritten thousands of times. DVD-R was first available in fall 1997.
DVD-RAM followed in summer 1998. DVD-RW came out in Japan in December 1999, but won't be available elsewhere until mid or late 2001. DVD+RW will be available in late 2001 or early 2002. DVD+R will be available in mid 2002.
From what I have read in the faq, CD+RW looks to be the kind of drive you should buy (this HP drive is such a drive).