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Postby X-Nemesis on Sun Sep 25, 2005 12:18 am

Anyone care to take a legitimate guess?

Right now you can get 15 Memorex 2.4x for $70 at FutureCrap so that's about $4.70 per disc.
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Re: How much longer till $1 or less DL-DVD's

Postby dolphinius_rex on Sun Sep 25, 2005 3:27 am

X-Nemesis wrote:Anyone care to take a legitimate guess?

Right now you can get 15 Memorex 2.4x for $70 at FutureCrap so that's about $4.70 per disc.


$3.50-$4.00 CAD for Ritek, and $5 CAD for Verbatim are going to be a reality very soon.

$1.00 CAD for DVD+RDL is not likely to happen.
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Postby overclockxp on Sun Sep 25, 2005 4:45 am

They were on clearance at Staples for some reason. A pack of three was $5.50.
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Postby dolphinius_rex on Sun Sep 25, 2005 1:54 pm

overclockxp wrote:They were on clearance at Staples for some reason. A pack of three was $5.50.


Well, I was referring to a consistant price, that didn't require the retailer to sell the product below cost :wink:
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Postby rahzel on Sun Sep 25, 2005 11:16 pm

overclockxp wrote:They were on clearance at Staples for some reason. A pack of three was $5.50.

for Verbatim? (im guessing Verbatim since i dont think they sell Ritek)

wow, 5.50 for a 3 pack?! or do you mean each?
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Postby thegdog on Sun Sep 25, 2005 11:58 pm

rahzel wrote:wow, 5.50 for a 3 pack?! or do you mean each?

Apparently, Verbatim is getting rid of the DVD+R DL 3 packs (which is what someone here or somewhere else mentioned) so Staples had them on clearance for $5.50. The 10 packs will be the new packaging arrangement. BUY.COM had them for $29.95 and allowed people to apply 10% coupons on them, making them $2.69 a disc, which is a sweet price. Not the $1.85 a disc for the Staples clearance, but close and its easier to find at BUY.COM than driving around to all the Staples in the area. :)

My Staples had two 10 packs of DVD+R, one 10 pack of DVD-R, and one 10 pack of DVD+R LightScribe. I bought all the non-LightScribe packages for $2.50 each. 25 cents a disc for Verbatim 16x media is kinda nice.
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Postby code65536 on Mon Sep 26, 2005 12:36 am

The buy.com packages are of the new 10-pack spindles and not the 3-pack jewel cases. BTW, newegg.com is now carrying the 10-pack spindles as well. And not to be overdone by buy.com, they are offering it from $30 for a pack of 10 and they'll throw in a customer appreciation gift of a pack of Verbatim SL discs. A pretty good deal that I probably would've gone for if it weren't for the fact that I've already stuffed myself silly courtesy of Staples. ;)
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Postby rahzel on Mon Sep 26, 2005 1:31 am

whats the rated burn speed for the 10 packs you guys are seeing?

i just noticed a store here in Canada just listed 10 packs of Verbatim DVD+R DL media and theyre rated for 6x but theyre listed for 64 bucks CDN. :o
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Postby dolphinius_rex on Mon Sep 26, 2005 1:50 am

rahzel wrote:whats the rated burn speed for the 10 packs you guys are seeing?

i just noticed a store here in Canada just listed 10 packs of Verbatim DVD+R DL media and theyre rated for 6x but theyre listed for 64 bucks CDN. :o


Verbatim lists the media as being 2.4x-6x compatible (although officially rated at 2.4x).

As for pricing... that's TOOOOOOOO high. Give it until Thursday and NCIX will blow that away :wink:
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Re: How much longer till $1 or less DL-DVD's

Postby frank1 on Tue Sep 27, 2005 4:22 am

. . . . $5 CAD for Verbatim are going to be a reality very soon.
right now 4,90 € a piece + shipping cost
http://www.os-mediatrade.de/product_inf ... 9&cPath=60



and also ...
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DVD+R DL of MID code RicohJPN-D00-001
sold at 3,86 € a piece [+ port] in 10 spindles:
http://www.os-mediatrade.de/product_inf ... 2&cPath=60
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Postby frank1 on Tue Sep 27, 2005 4:33 am

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DVD+R DL of the famous (!!??) Bulkpaq label at 3,01 € a piece (+ shipping) sold in 10-spindles.
Annouced MID code: CMC MAG D01
http://www.blankdiscshop.co.uk/acatalog/dbllayer.html
[see towards the end of the page]

Maybe because they are sold by SVP somebody will be interested in a bulkpaq branded media ?
What is your opinion ?
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Postby jsl on Tue Sep 27, 2005 6:56 am

frank1 wrote:Maybe because they are sold by SVP somebody will be interested in a bulkpaq branded media ?

Not me at least as I can buy Verbatim DVD+R DL for about €3.2. I would like to try CMC's DL media though but I won't buy it under any of E-net's brands...

I saw btw that one webshop lists Verbatim 8x DVD+R DL media now for about €5, but not in stock yet of course.
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Postby jberry on Tue Sep 27, 2005 9:23 am

hey dolph....you got a heads up for NCIX price? This gonna be a sale price on unadvert special?
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Postby dolphinius_rex on Tue Sep 27, 2005 12:44 pm

jberry wrote:hey dolph....you got a heads up for NCIX price? This gonna be a sale price on unadvert special?


I got a friend on the inside of NCIX :wink: But I don't *KNOW* the price ahead of time, I just have a good idea of what to expect.

But I know that there is a 99% chance of this product going on sale this thursday:
http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php? ... e=VERBATIM

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Postby jberry on Tue Sep 27, 2005 8:23 pm

is this price gonna be so low that I will have to stay up till midnight ;-)
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Postby rahzel on Tue Sep 27, 2005 9:56 pm

wish they had it on this weeks sale with the 5.99 shipping promo. I'm probably making an order tonight for 50 Taiyo Yuden DVD-R's.
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Postby dolphinius_rex on Tue Sep 27, 2005 10:20 pm

jberry wrote:is this price gonna be so low that I will have to stay up till midnight ;-)


I don't know really. My guess would be 10pk for $50-$55 CAD, but that's a guess.
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Postby dolphinius_rex on Tue Sep 27, 2005 10:21 pm

rahzel wrote:wish they had it on this weeks sale with the 5.99 shipping promo. I'm probably making an order tonight for 50 Taiyo Yuden DVD-R's.


You can blame Verbatim USA for being slow to stock their product then :wink:
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Re: How much longer till $1 or less DL-DVD's

Postby TCAS on Wed Sep 28, 2005 12:34 pm

X-Nemesis wrote:Anyone care to take a legitimate guess?

Right now you can get 15 Memorex 2.4x for $70 at FutureCrap so that's about $4.70 per disc.


These D/L Memorex disc are on sale this week at Best Buy for $29.99/ pack of 15 (2.4X).

Best Buy

Fuji DVD +or-R, 100 cont for $34.99

Memorex 2.4x DVD +R DL, 15 count for $29.99

Memorex 52x CD-R, 100 count for $17.99

Verbatim lightscribe DVD +R, 10 count for $7.99
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Re: How much longer till $1 or less DL-DVD's

Postby dolphinius_rex on Wed Sep 28, 2005 12:58 pm

TCAS wrote:
X-Nemesis wrote:Anyone care to take a legitimate guess?

Right now you can get 15 Memorex 2.4x for $70 at FutureCrap so that's about $4.70 per disc.


These D/L Memorex disc are on sale this week at Best Buy for $29.99/ pack of 15 (2.4X).

Best Buy

Fuji DVD +or-R, 100 cont for $34.99

Memorex 2.4x DVD +R DL, 15 count for $29.99

Memorex 52x CD-R, 100 count for $17.99

Verbatim lightscribe DVD +R, 10 count for $7.99


He was talking Canadian $$$ :wink:

Also, I really don't recommend buy Memorex DVD+RDL. It's really crappy media. It works on only a small handful of drives, and not very well.
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Postby jberry on Thu Sep 29, 2005 11:42 am

i tried them....aweful....only 1620 would burn them....gave most away
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Re: How much longer till $1 or less DL-DVD's

Postby Phoenix '97 on Fri Sep 30, 2005 10:18 pm

dolphinius_rex wrote:
X-Nemesis wrote:Anyone care to take a legitimate guess?

Right now you can get 15 Memorex 2.4x for $70 at FutureCrap so that's about $4.70 per disc.


$3.50-$4.00 CAD for Ritek, and $5 CAD for Verbatim are going to be a reality very soon.

$1.00 CAD for DVD+RDL is not likely to happen.


What kind of prices might we expect once these start to make their way onto the shelves?
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Postby dolphinius_rex on Fri Sep 30, 2005 10:42 pm

well, I think most companies will not be participating in a price war with companies who can't make a good product anyways :wink:

Although Verbatim is currently duking it out with Ritek on the DVD+RDL market at the moment, I'd like to hope they'll stop before it requires them to make a product on the same level as Ritek, to compete on pricing.
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Postby Phoenix '97 on Thu Oct 27, 2005 10:23 pm

I picked up a pack of those Memorex dual layer discs from Futureshop, 15 for $40 Cdn. Burning took 43 minutes and verifying 32 minutes on my 3500A. While my 2500A and 3500A could read them at most 4.5x, I tried them on my 166S with a no-limits firmware. :)
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Is the price FS offering now below manufacturing cost?
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Postby dolphinius_rex on Thu Oct 27, 2005 10:28 pm

Phoenix '97 wrote:I picked up a pack of those Memorex dual layer discs from Futureshop, 15 for $40 Cdn. Burning took 43 minutes and verifying 32 minutes on my 3500A. While my 2500A and 3500A could read them at most 4.5x, I tried them on my 166S with a no-limits firmware. :)
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Is the price FS offering now below manufacturing cost?


Hard to say... probably not anymore.
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