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Thread ID: 66440	2006-02-23 00:16:00	DSE DVD-R pricing, is it good?	Billy T (70)	Press F1

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433073	2006-02-24 06:31:00	i buy 50 pack lazer dvd+r's 8x for $25 so it works out 50c each I guess the big question is, who makes Lazer DVDs, that will tell you PDQ what sort of bargain you have. Have you looked at the DVD data to see who makes them? There is some information here (www.videohelp.com) but it doesn't seem to identify any known manufacturer. The cheap price suggests a no-name plant making "own brand" plus fakes. Data storage life might be short, & I wouldn't take the risk. Your mileage may vary. Cheers Billy 8-{)	Billy T (70)
433074	2006-02-24 08:20:00	Tongue firmly in cheek Metla? It works out cost effective for me, somebody else pays for my plane tickets, expenses and time. :D Probably costs me more to drive to DSE. :p Cheers Billy 8-{) The price is still paid (by someone), Importers don't have the luxery of bringing in a gizzilion disc's in the luggage of someone they happen to know who is taking the trip. The point being that the milage is paid for, and reflected in the shelf price, that doesn't mean we are getting ripped off. Though I haven't paid retail prices for media in a long time, infact never for DVD's.....Lucky I still have a rather large stash of blanks....	Metla (12)
433075	2006-02-25 19:59:00	The fact is, DVDs are made by a dozen or so manufacturers in Asia. They are boxed, put into a container and shipped across oceans and eventually find their way on store shelves. New Zealand retailers are buying their product from the same manufacturers as everyone else in the world. It has nothing to do with how small we are or where we are, but how much and for how long a distributer can mark up an item and still sell it to the public. For example, in 1999, a 50 pack spindle of CD-Rs were selling for $79.99 here while they were $15-20 in the states. It has taken several years for the price to drift down to those type of prices. I imagine it will be the same for DVDs.	Glenn (98)
433076	2006-02-26 03:08:00	Found some software to check the parentage of my DVD-R and CDR . The Fujifilm from DSE are made by ProDisc who are apparently recognised as good manufacturers . They also make my Mistubishi CDR that I bought on a 50 spindle from DSE . The Fortia DVD+R from Jaycar are made by Nanya (an unknown maker as far as I can see) and the Fortia DVD-R are made by Gigastorage Corp . The latter two types came in a free pack so I'm not particularly concerned about their parentage . On the other hand, My 50-spindler of no-names bought from the Office Depot in the US were made by CMC Magnetics, a real bottom feeder! Cheers Billy 8-{)	Billy T (70)
433077	2006-02-26 03:48:00	The fact is, DVDs are made by a dozen or so manufacturers in Asia. They are boxed, put into a container and shipped across oceans and eventually find their way on store shelves. New Zealand retailers are buying their product from the same manufacturers as everyone else in the world. It has nothing to do with how small we are or where we are, but how much and for how long a distributer can mark up an item and still sell it to the public. For example, in 1999, a 50 pack spindle of CD-Rs were selling for $79.99 here while they were $15-20 in the states. It has taken several years for the price to drift down to those type of prices. I imagine it will be the same for DVDs. uh...not quite. A large american store like new egg will ship more items in a week then all the stores in NZ do put together do in 6 months. They can negotiate far better prices for the units and as for shipping the american dollar gets more KM per dollar then the NZ dollar ever will. Plus they can cut out the middle men when they deal in such numbers and talk directly to the manufacturers, There new low source price will drive down the price right across the board. Now try and swinbg some weight from NZ, cant be done, the numbers are so poor that Im surprised they bother to even bring them in, Im not surprised though that our tiny little market on the bottom of the workld has to pay a little extra. Personally I think the price of blank media is very good.	Metla (12)
433078	2006-02-26 04:11:00	The fact is, DVDs are made by a dozen or so manufacturers in Asia . They are boxed, put into a container and shipped across oceans and eventually find their way on store shelves . New Zealand retailers are buying their product from the same manufacturers as everyone else in the world . It has nothing to do with how small we are or where we are, but how much and for how long a distributer can mark up an item and still sell it to the public . For example, in 1999, a 50 pack spindle of CD-Rs were selling for $79 . 99 here while they were $15-20 in the states . It has taken several years for the price to drift down to those type of prices . I imagine it will be the same for DVDs . Absolutely right on Glen . . . . It matters not where the discs end up, as they all start from the same plant of manufacture in the Orient sonewhere . . . and end up on shelves (youse guys are closer to the Orient than we here in the States) . . so the price is a gouge for you when they charge more for the same product with fewer frequent-flier miles on them! Just to tell: The REGULAR price for a stack of DVD-R's from Staples (a big store here in the States) is $14 . 95US for 50 . Some times they have a sale and they get below $10 . 00US . These are guaranteed to be equal to or better then brand names (Sony, Teac, Memorex etc), and are backed-up with a written warrantee to be so . I use them very much and have had NO coasters for a long time . I think youse guys are getting hosed .	SurferJoe46 (51)
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