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'jsd@gamespot.com'
Date:
Tue, 26 Aug 1997 12:13:35 -0700
Subject:
Re: (idm) CD-R
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At 10:22 PM 8/26/97 -0400, Christopher Fahey wrote:
quoted 7 lines Random Junk said:>Random Junk said: >> a good CD-r burner can be had for around $300. ALL of the current >> Blanks are under $3. I would not pay more than $2.75 for a blank CD. >Um, where in god's name have you seen these prices? The last I saw, the >cheapest real brand name drives were $599 and the cheapest brand name >disks were about $5. I don't mean stuff like Kmart cdroms or That's >Cd-Rom. I mean TDK or Sony or Maxell or Phillips stuff.
I buy 10 blank TDK CDR's for $30 at Costco locally. You can get cheaper prices if you buy larger quantities from mail order places and the like. Good CD Burners are definately in the $300 range. You can get a Hewlett Packard 6x read 2x write burner for $340 or so. The small computer stores here sell them at that prce. 4x burners are available around here in the $500-600 range. A 70 min/650 MB Cd can be burned in 30 min with a 2x burner and in 15 min with a 4x. Check Computer Shopper magazine which has ads for places that sell in these price ranges. T.