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Falstaf - May 22, 2002
  Falstaf May 22, 2002
As I stated, I may be a bit behind, but I noticed, as I was making my rounds to gaming stores today, that Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft all lowered the prices of their consoles to $199. Anyone else notice this?

 jim993 May 22, 2002
nintendo started at 199. sony did the wise thing dropped their price to 199, and microsoft had to follow to stay competitive.

and i think they dropped the ps1 down to $50

 Ponx May 23, 2002
If they haven't done so already, Nintendo should be dropping the gamecube to $149.99. HEard it on a news program the other day.

 Xai May 23, 2002
nintendo already dropped price a few days ago

 Dakillakid May 23, 2002
wow right on. maybe i can afford one now lol

those first prices they have are rediculous, like the advrage person cant afford a X-BOX at those prices unless they sell there soul to microsoft lol

 Xai May 23, 2002
You still gotta pay the same extra price for DVD playback on X-Box tho

 maidtina May 23, 2002
which would be worth it if we didnt already play DVDs on our PCs and DVD players... without the region code.....

I heard from somewhere that they are already working on the next format to follow on from DVD, they have told the MPAA to get stuffed and are not having a region code after the fiasco of the DeCSS case. Could be just a load of rubbish. Anyone else heard similar?

 ExCyber May 23, 2002
Yes, the big tech DVD Forum members are working on a new DVD format, though it's not clear that it's intended to immediately replace the current format (much as Super Audio CD apparently wasn't intended to replace CD). From the DVD Forum page...:


  
	
	

		
		

			The DVD Forum's Steering Committee has unanimously decided to begin discussions to establish a single, best format for high-definition DVD using a blue laser diode.


However, considering that the format would be fairly useless without content, I doubt they told the MPAA to take a walk.

 MasterAkumaMatata May 23, 2002
Anyone read about the 100GB... prototype disc?


  
	
	

		
		

			TAIPEI--A team of researchers at the National Taiwan University (NTU) here report they have developed a prototype rewritable optical disc that can store 100GB of information and is compatible with existing CD and DVD technology. The new disc offers far more storage capacity than existing DVD-ROMs, which can store up to 17GB.


 Falstaf May 23, 2002
Will theres finally be a consumer available cd-r that will be able to read a DC gb-rom, out of this technology? Or are the technologies completely incompatible?

 gamefoo21 May 23, 2002
drool easy peasy way to back up my hd's all in one fell swoop mmmm