> > On Thu, 20 Nov 2003, John Francis wrote: > > > So far (touch wood) I've had no problem with the Memorex > > 8x or 10x I use. They might cost a couple of cents more > > per gigabyte, but they're still dirt cheap - I remember > > when CD-R media cost a couple of bucks each. > > When I recorded my first CD-R discs (ten years ago, save a couple of > months) there was a "standard" quality at $25 per disc and a "extra fine" > quality at $35 per disc. A CD recorder unit cost about $5600. These were > professional audio equipment only, not computer peripherals.
I had a CD-R burner for use at work almost that long ago - I think we paid soething like $7000 for it (including a 1GB local hard drive buffer). But by the time I was using one for recording my own personal stuff media had come down in price considerably.
