Yay for Blu-Ray!

[Indybird]

Sony has finally released the first Blu-Ray burner on the market! Here it is on Newegg.com. Theres only one problem; ITS $700 DOLLARS . I know this is a very early product and blu-rays are expensive and all that but $700!?
I think $400 at the most.

However, it would be interesting to try one of those out...

[simon275]

Hmm 50gb of data one disk. That is bigger then alot of people's HDD. Just wait its new they are using a market skimming price stratergy when sales pickup and more models comes to the market the price will drop.

[MitaPi]

What is it?

... DONT SHOOT ME! :p


EDIT:
I found a blu-ray computer... kind of cool I guess.
http://www.sonystyle.com/is-bin/INTE...seriesdesktops

[simon275]

*Load's shot gun*

Blu ray is a new format released by sony kinda like DVD but the blu ray disk can hold 50gb instead of a dvd which holds 4.7gb.

[MitaPi]

HOLY MUTHA! How do you go from 4.7 to 50?? lol

Can you use these disks for any kind of information? Files, Music, Games, etc., etc.

[simon275]

Anything. There are blu ray players for tv. Movies are being released on bluray in high def.

[MitaPi]

Does the drive have to be blu-ray to play the disks?

This is a pretty cool setup...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16883191011

[The Black Pumpkin]

HOLY MUTHA! How do you go from 4.7 to 50?? lol

The same way you go from 700 mb to 4.7 gb. :p (CD to DVD)

[Indybird]

Assuming their DVD burner is $100 less non-retail then that means 28% of the cost of that computer is the blu-ray drive!

I know its early in sales but DVD-RW Drives were $300 when they came out...

[Redundant]

I read on Engadget that the PS3 will have a Blu-ray-ROM inside so it can play HD Movies. The drive won't burn Blu-ray's as far as I know though.