Plextor PX-B940SA review
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Verdict
Great Blu-ray performance, but few will see any real benefit from paying the high price
Review Date: 10 Mar 2010
Reviewed By: Mike Jennings
Price when reviewed: £167 (£196 inc VAT)
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Media Price
Can you do a report on the price of blank Blu-ray media. This is the real holdup of these drives. The blank media is too expensive when compared to blank DVDs and now the low cost of external hard drives.
Currently you pay €55 for 10x25GB, for 250GB of storage. Expensive when you can purchase 1000GB Ex HDD for €80, or DVDs 100x4.7GB for €20, that's 470GB.
By lukemcurley on 14 Mar 2010 
What happens with corrupt media?
I am sure that at some point a Blu-ray disc is going to be put in reader and .. It won't. It's happened to cds, dvds and I see no reason that it could happen to BR either,. So that's possibly 25Gb of data that could be lost. At currrent prices media is just to expensive to risk that. Plextor do make nice drives though.. Solid trays with a great mechanism.. But not yet!
By Mackram on 18 Mar 2010
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