Just spotted this on engadget. Hope I'm not too late
http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/21/panasonic-lf-mb121jd-blu-ray-pc-drive-shipping-10-june-for-850/
It's a panasonic 2x blu-ray drive. I had to look twice at the price.. $850 us.
To make matters worse, it would seem they are being sold at a considerable mark-up too, $1100+.
I initally thought it must have been a mistake, however, there is also a samsung (single speed?) drive comming out for 'only' $500 us.
I realise new technology always comes at a premium, but approximatly 10x the price of a current dvd-writer? count me out.
I would wonder what price a blu-ray internal drive would be (non-writing).
Also, does anyone know prices for hd-dvd writers?
With writable media costing upto $100 per disk (although for the much larger sizes), I really can't see anyone but those with more money than sense purchasing these drives.
http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/21/panasonic-lf-mb121jd-blu-ray-pc-drive-shipping-10-june-for-850/
It's a panasonic 2x blu-ray drive. I had to look twice at the price.. $850 us.
To make matters worse, it would seem they are being sold at a considerable mark-up too, $1100+.
I initally thought it must have been a mistake, however, there is also a samsung (single speed?) drive comming out for 'only' $500 us.
I realise new technology always comes at a premium, but approximatly 10x the price of a current dvd-writer? count me out.
I would wonder what price a blu-ray internal drive would be (non-writing).
Also, does anyone know prices for hd-dvd writers?
With writable media costing upto $100 per disk (although for the much larger sizes), I really can't see anyone but those with more money than sense purchasing these drives.