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To: Zencone who wrote (2621)	11/11/1998 3:10:00 AM
From: WALT REISCH	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 8393

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: ******* For the Mac, due in Oct.,98, $795 and $999 macweek.zdnet.ocm ***** Creative PC DVD-RAM $499 now www-nt-ok.creaf.com ***** 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. ******* 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