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.

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Re:Media cost

[All Dead Homiez]

but how much is DVD-RW media going to cost?

Actually this is a DVD+RW drive. There are at least seven different standards for recording/pressing DVDs and they all have their pros and cons. A summary can be found here.

Indeed, having so many different standards is sure to slow the adoption of a recordable DVD format. But hopefully, someday everyone will use the same format and the media will be cheap. Witness the price drops (over time) that occurred with CD-Rs, and then with CD-RWs - the drives did not become commodities until the media did. Back in 1996, blank CD-Rs were about $20 each, as a point of reference. Be patient; we will have cheap recordable DVDs soon enough.

-all dead homiez

Not the first

[q-soe]

Apple Super Drive - DVD Recorder - been around about 6 months or so - www.apple.com\superdrive (Approx $999 i think, included with G4 macs)

Panasonic Sell a DVD recorder for TV use etc - http://www.panasonic.com/consumer_electronics/dvd_ recorder/default.asp (designed admittedly for media creators)

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