LG Blu Ray Drive?

Hiya all,

I thinking of buying LG Blu-Ray Drive as my Samsung DVD Drive is no good. Will future games will be using Blu-Ray as the games is bigger and bigger?

Not for a few years I'd say. It took PC games long enough to start having titles get released on DVD vs. 4+ CDs, even after PS2/Xbox were well into their lifetime. I'm assuming the same thing for this generation, especially when the majority of game titles are still being developed with DVDs in mind (due to the Wii and 360).

...buy PS3 man, and youll get excellent player and gaming console..

Yes, future games will be only on Blu-Ray or download, and they should be also installed on SSD drives, since harddisks are too slow and energy consuming.

I already got PS 3 :)

I can't see games coming exclusively on Blu-Ray for a good few years yet. Even then, it will just be gimmicky games with Blu-Ray HD video added on to a mediocre adventure game.

At least, that's what happened with CD and DVD :)

Games for Blue-Ray, of course not. But, you will be able to burn 25GB disks. Anyone seen how much a blank BD disk sells for? Pack of 10 or spindle? I have no clue.

Ah, here we go:
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817130042
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817132062

Yikes.......... Not worth it!

Cheers.

HD's are so cheap now, I'd just get enclosures and a HD when I need more storage. Works out to about $0.07 cents per GB.

Burning 25GB discs is only useful if you absolutely cannot split a >4.3GB file into archives.

Blu-Ray blank media costs considerably more per GB than DVD-R.

...Or if you have a hundreds GB of data and would rather use 4 discs to back it up rather than 25. Not everyones needs are the same...

That said, Blank Bluray discs are definitely still cost-prohibitive. the cheapest I can find at newegg.com is $7.99 per disc, but namebrands like Sony are $19.99 for a 25GB disc or $37.99 for a single 50GB dual layer disc.

At the same time you can buy a spindle of 100 DVD-R's between $20 and $30, depending on the brand.

Given those prices, and that BluRay's market share is still fairly insignificant compared with 'normal' DVD's (both in movies and other applications), I doubt that plain vanilla DVD will be going away anytime soon.

If I feel the need to back up >100GB of data, I would probably just buy a HD to put it on. More reliable than a fragile Blu-Ray disc, and cheaper too.

I get your point though, it's convenience VS cost. It would be plenty convenient to have a 100 blank 50GB discs to use as a backup medium.

id hate to see games on blu-ray for the pc
its hard enough to think that they fill a dvd with a c**p game as it is

Cheaper: Yes.
More reliable: Questionable.

While optical media does degrade very slowly over time, a harddrive has a much larger chance of completely dieing on you overnight. If the stepper motor dies or the drive doesn't spin up anymore, for all intents and purposes *all* your data is gone. With an optical disc you'll still be able to recover the majority of the data once it starts failing on you.

Even if you don't actively use a harddrive (which cuts down on the wear and tear) you're still not out of the woods yet, since the lubricant may settle or dry out preventing it from working properly.

It really depends on what you're doing with your data, I guess. If you need weekly or monthly access to 100GB+ of data, a HD would likely be the better option.

BD-R's will more likely fail from accumulated physical damage than from the dye degrading (don't Sony quote 100 year retention on BD-R?).

HD's don't love physical handling either, but they are quite a lot more resilient than people think. I tested the theory on an old 80MB (yes, MB!) drive I had for my Amiga. I upgraded to a bigger HD and scrapped the 80MB. before I did though, I took the cover off, wodged a great big fingerprint on the platter and powered it up. Still read all my data :)

..whats the price for RAM Discs newdays??

Except: Now consider that a modern 500Gb drive stores thousands of times as much data per square inch as that 80MB unit did, and realize that that also makes them a LOT less tolerant to problems.

Solid state drives are getting cheaper. 60gb for about $150. A bit much compared to a regular HD though lol