23-JUN-2006

Blu-ray discs (BD-R) on sale in Akihabara, Tokyo. TDK, Panasonic, Fujifilm, Sony, Maxell...

Blue-ray 5.25" drives for PC:s are available for well under €1000. I'm considering buying one, but I will probably wait a while still, I'm hoping the price of a drive will come down significantly soon and reliability and compatibility will go up. As an early adopter of CD-R and DVD+R, I'we been burned when it comes to these issues.

I have not seen any HD DVD discs or recorders and the whole HD DVD standard seems "outdated" with its 15 GB per side compared to Blu-ray and its 25 GB per side.