How About A Digit Blu Ray Edition?

Long back digit started with a CD and then its not 2 DL DVDs equal to 15 GB. Blu Ray Drives have become cheaper and the discs are also now cheaper. A blank one now costs around Rs.175/- so when you replicate the same it would cost much less....so why not a BD Edition?

Please share your thoughts...

BD drives ain't that popular yet.

it would be a waste. not even 1% of readers own BDROM or BD-W. why to spend more 100 than bucks when they get DVD for less than 10 bucks if I am right.

how much a Blank Blu-Ray Disc costs......???

eBay India: Verbatim 96921 25 GB 2x Blu-ray Single Layer Branded... (item 270670148430 end time 26-Dec-2010 21:56:53 IST)
eBay India: Memorex 32020013358 25GB 4X Write-Once BD-R Blu-ray ... (item 270678053634 end time 09-Jan-2011 19:18:53 IST)
eBay India: Verbatim 97237 50 GB 6x Blu-ray Double Layer Recorda... (item 270670148474 end time 26-Dec-2010 21:56:55 IST)

I say do away with CDs and DVDs, and offer CD/DVD free edition in the stands.

jojothedragon said:
BD drives ain't that popular yet.

It is not popular as compared to DVD but would be in the next few months because all companies are bringing out movies on BD

desiibond said:
it would be a waste. not even 1% of readers own BDROM or BD-W. why to spend more 100 than bucks when they get DVD for less than 10 bucks if I am right.

We all might have thought of the same thing when Digit or any other magazine gave the first DVD or when we were requesting to get a DVD, this was back in 2003 (7-8 years back) but now we all have DVD writers (most of us).

Digit has started giving a free dvd with each issue and brought out a scheme to upgrade to a DVD-ROM or DVD Writer. They can do the same again, its worth it.

I am sure that most of the people are finding it difficult to keep their cd and dvds due to lac of space

KaranTh85 said:
how much a Blank Blu-Ray Disc costs......???

A blank one is available at Rs.175/-

eBay India: SONY BD-R Blu-Ray 25GB 4X printable single disc (item 130468061467 end time 29-Dec-2010 23:10:15 IST)

When a bulk is purchased the price is cheaper

desiibond said:
eBay India: Verbatim 96921 25 GB 2x Blu-ray Single Layer Branded... (item 270670148430 end time 26-Dec-2010 21:56:53 IST)
eBay India: Memorex 32020013358 25GB 4X Write-Once BD-R Blu-ray ... (item 270678053634 end time 09-Jan-2011 19:18:53 IST)
eBay India: Verbatim 97237 50 GB 6x Blu-ray Double Layer Recorda... (item 270670148474 end time 26-Dec-2010 21:56:55 IST)

These are from the US, its available for a much lesser price in India

eBay India: SONY BD-R Blu-Ray 25GB 4X printable single disc (item 130468061467 end time 29-Dec-2010 23:10:15 IST)

1 more reason for digit to hike up the prices.

TheHumanBot said:
1 more reason for digit to hike up the prices.

This could be a separate edition altogether and people can buy or subscribe to it at a different price but the other issues and pricing could remain the same

why not a cheaper ebook edition? Priced below 100 bucks.

@rajivnedugandi when digit started providing DVDs, price of DVD-R was not more than 50 bucks if I am right and even then there were many who already upgraded to DVD drives. Every new laptop or desktop (branded) used to come with a DVD drive. And if I remember, a branded 100 DVD-R spindle used to cost around 3k at that time. That's 30 bucks per piece and Digit may have got each DVD-R at 20 bucks (maybe). compare that to paying 100 rupees atleast for each Bluray and for what? 1% of community?

Maybe, Mid 2011 would be a better time to start with bluray media.

desiibond said:
@rajivnedugandi when digit started providing DVDs, price of DVD-R was not more than 50 bucks if I am right and even then there were many who already upgraded to DVD drives. Every new laptop or desktop (branded) used to come with a DVD drive. And if I remember, a branded 100 DVD-R spindle used to cost around 3k at that time. That's 30 bucks per piece and Digit may have got each DVD-R at 20 bucks (maybe). compare that to paying 100 rupees atleast for each Bluray and for what? 1% of community?

Maybe, Mid 2011 would be a better time to start with bluray media.

Yes, around mid 2011 or by the end of 2011 could be fine