The $9k price still seems high compared to what I have heard. I thought I heard of them as low as $399, but I couldn't find that one. Here are a few that I found:
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For the Mac, due in Oct.,98, $795 and $999
macweek.zdnet.ocm
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Creative PC DVD-RAM $499 now
www-nt-ok.creaf.com
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Hitachi GF-1050 DVD-RAM Drive
Internal SCSI GF-1050, $599;
Internal ATAPI GF-1000, $599;
External SCSI GF-1055, $775
Synopsis: Immensely larger than ZIP, four times as large as its PD cousin, DVD-RAM is also vastly cheaper than MO. Furthermore, DVD-RAM's ability to read all of the compact disc formats, could quickly make it the standard medium and drive for high-density data storage and exchange-a position CD-R only acceded to in the 650MB domain after a long and hard struggle. While Hitachi's first DVD-RAM offering is hardly a speed demon, the fact that all DVD-RAM drives will be read- and write-compatible with discs produced on other manufacturers' drives gives the format a leg up on the competition for affordable, interchangeable, and inexpensive mass storage.
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If you are interested in a DVD-RAM Video recorder, check this one out:
Technology News
Hitachi Demos DVD-RAM Video Recorder (list $1070)
techweb.com |
