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My personal preference for DVD-R media keeps me from switching to a different drive, mostly because I continue to find consumer players lacking consistent support for DVD+R media. With several new dual-layer burners recently announced, this early arrival from Sony doesn't look quite as unique. The price remains nicely competitive. 8.5GB of storage on a single disk is nice for tons of data storage, making it reasonable to store all those songs and videos as DVD archives. The real trick is finding blanks to do serious recording. Japan appears to be the only place currently offering dual-layer blanks, which should change by the holiday shopping season. Of course, if you are still holding out for the right deal on a 4.7GB drive, take a look at Outpost.com and the now sub-$80 priced drives.
