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On Tuesday 19 April 2005 11:58 am, Mark J. Dulcey wrote: > David Hummel wrote: > > You might want to wait a bit until the new dual-layer DVD-R drives and > > media are cheaper and more widely available. > > As people have already pointed out, the dual-layer drives are now > readily available and cheap, so there is no reason to wait to buy one. > The dual-layer discs are still scarce and expensive (over $5/disc even > from the cheapest online discounters), but you can happily use your > drive with cheap single-layer discs (under $0.50 at retail) until the > dual-layer ones are affordable. > > Dual-layer discs also have much lower writing speeds (4x vs 16x). It's > not clear whether that gap will ever close; it may be inherent to the > medium. I'm not really that interested in writing them. I use my CD-R primarily to make CDs for Installfests. But, I agree 100% with you. It's probably good to get the drive now since a working drive is a bit better than one that doesn't work. -- Jerry Feldman <gerald.feldman at hp.com> Partner Technology Access Center (contractor) (PTAC-MA) Hewlett-Packard Co. 550 King Street LKG2a-X2 Littleton, Ma. 01460 (978)506-5243
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