[Dvdrtools-users] Re: MATSHITA DVD-RAM LF-D310 -- BTW, how much did you pay?

[Bryan J. Smith]

On Mon, 2003-02-17 at 23:05, Bryan J. Smith wrote:
> 3rd-Gen DVD-RAM -- I have the exact same drive.  It does:
>   Rewritable:  2x DVD-RAM -- supported by stock kernel since 2.2 (1998)
>   Recordable:  1x DVD-R(G) -- supported by CDRecord-ProDVD since 1.11a

BTW, how much did you pay for it?

I paid ~$165 last fall -- bare drive only plus driver CD.

> "CURRENT-G" DRIVES (mid-2002+):
>                   Panasonic       Pioneer          Sony (Philips?)
>                   4G DVD-RAM      2G DVD-RW        3G DVD+RW
>                   --------------  ---------------  ---------------
> Lowest Price:     ~$300           ~$200            ~$300

Oh, I _did_ find a 4G DVD-RAM for ~$200 after rebate recently.

But most sell around the same price as Sony's DRU-500A 3G DVD+RW drive,
~$300.


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