RE: [OT] DVD Writers & now DVD jukebox

["Paul Smith" <wheelbarrowhandle@xxxxxxx>]

Anyone care you give me a list of things required to copy DVD onto a pc.
Will I lose the dd 5.1 sound ?

Any thoughts

Thanks

Paul
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> From: Mark Harrison [mailto:Mark.Harrison@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 28 September 2001 11:55
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT] DVD Writers & now DVD jukebox
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> > Someone on this list used to post a quartly update of the
> > =A3/Gig comparison for this very reason.
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> Erm - actually I never posted it here - that was another list ;-) ....
> but here's the most recent comparison. I'm due to do another in a few
> weeks time. This one was dated 20th June.
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> Mark Harrison
> Head of Systems, eKingfisher
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> Almost 3 months since I last ran the calculation. Again the basis for
> calculation is:
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> - today's pricing at Scan
> - cheapest =A3/meg is currently the IBM 40.1Gb at  =A367+vat =3D
=A378.72=
(by
> co-incidence, in Today's specials)
> - cheapest ATA-100 controller is =A322.33 (mysteriously up from last
> time!)
> - all prices include VAT but not delivery
> - 4.6Gb of storage per DVD to be ripped.
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> The price per DVD-equivalent is now down to =A39.67. This is a fall of
> about 15% over the last quarter, or a fall of about 25% since
> January....
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> We are therefore now firmly in the land where Disk Space + Rental <
> Purchase Price, assuming, of course, that one already has a PC with a
> DVD drive.
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>     January - =A312.50 / DVD
>     May - =A311.70 / DVD
>     July - =A39.67 / DVD
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