How much a cd costs in your place ?

[praveesh]

In my place , a blank cd of SONY costs about $.2(10 rupees) . But low quality cds are available at about $.1(5 rupees)

[emigrant]

imation= $0.3
4GB kingston pendrive=$15
:)

[Zzl1xndd]

I would like to say I know but I havn't bought a CD in years.

[Dayofswords]

as a penny pincher... i know

cheapest cd is 14 cents ea here, and i'd buy it

[Exodist]

Normally about 18.00USD per 50stack spindle at local walmart for Imation.

[praveesh]

I would like to say I know but I havn't bought a CD in years.

Interesting . shall I ask you why ?

[Zzl1xndd]

Interesting . shall I ask you why ?

I just havn't need any.

[anaconda]

10 CD:s 5,90 euros

10 DVD:s 3,90 euros

I won't buy CD:s, because DVD:s are cheaper here.

(both of the above are normal Verbatim CD/DVD:s)

[praveesh]

I was thinking of the money the canonical spending for a free cd . I don't know the transportation charge , though .

[hessiess]

I would like to say I know but I havn't bought a CD in years.

This, Optical media is obsolete.

[praveesh]

10 CD:s 5,90 euros

10 DVD:s 3,90 euros

I won't buy CD:s, because DVD:s are cheaper here.

(both of the above are normal Verbatim CD/DVD:s)

DVD costs more in my place . About $0.3 . I think the canonical should start shipping DVDs from your place .

[cascade9]

Dependsing on where I go it varies, this is from the place I go to the most-

Verbatim CD-R, 50 pack- $22
Verbatim DVD-R lightscribe- $25
Verbatim DVD-Dual- 10 pack- $29
Verbatim DVD-R, 100 pack- $39

[HappinessNow]

I would like to say I know but I havn't bought a CD in years.
+1 didn't even know they still made CD's :popcorn:

[mivo]

This, Optical media is obsolete.

DVDs are still good for backing up some stuff, if you know you won't need to access it often. Sure, external drives are cheap these days, but they consume power and may not last as long as optical media. I back up temporary stuff to drives, but family photos and such always go to a DVD.

I also find CDs useful for Live CDs. Yes, can be done with an USB stick if a computer supports booting from USB, but if you try different distros, I find it easier to burn an ISO to a CD than to use multiple sticks or overwrite the same one. I'm also not going to hand out free sticks. :)

[amitabhishek]

CDs are far from obsolete...get down from time machine:).

[Teber]

CDs are far from obsolete...get down from time machine:).

i agree. cds are most useful new ubuntu releases. or for storing data totalling 700 mb at most, as cds are slightly cheaper than dvds. and for burning audio cds of course.

i pay 10 euro ($ 14.80) for a spindle of 50 cds, 12.50 euro ($18.50) for a spindle of 50 dvds. philips brand in both cases, on the market.

however, canonical would not purchase cds at retail prices. the cost of a cd could well be less than $ 0.20 for them.

[t0p]

Blank CD-RWs cost 70 pence (UK) from my local library. What's that in American, $1.10 or something?

But I don't use CDs much nowadays. I prefer usb flash sticks for stuff I need to carry round with me. A live disk image on a stick is better than on a CD, methinks; especially because you can put multiple live images on a single stick, and thus have access to several distros in your pocket.

One thing I still use CDs for is back-up. I've got hundreds of the things kicking around here! I was thinking of getting a DVD-writer, then I could use DVDs instead - they have a much larger capacity. But I think the day of the optical drive may be over, so I will probably stock up on sticks and a new external HDD instead.

[HappinessNow]

CDs are far from obsolete...get down from time machine:).Yeah right, I have about 100 blank CD's and about 100 blank DVD's that have been laying around for more then a couple of years!

I only need so many coasters in one lifetime. :popcorn:

[Zzl1xndd]

Yeah right, I have about 100 blank CD's and about 100 blank DVD's that have been laying around for more then a couple of years!

I only need so many coasters in one lifetime. :popcorn:

I couldn't agree more.

[Nevon]

I think the canonical should start shipping DVDs from your place .

Most likely Canonical (or whatever company is in charge of shipping the discs) buys huge volumes of them at a very, very low price - probably only a tiny fraction of what you pay at your local walmart.

[The Funkbomb]

I don't even own a TV :P

CD and DVDs still have their uses but I agree with online storage, large capacity thumb drives and email handling larger files, they're not needed as much.

I'm sure Ubuntu doesn't pay for a 25-50 pack of CDs. Pretty sure they outsource to a burn farm that screen prints the CDs for them.

[praveesh]

Most likely Canonical (or whatever company is in charge of shipping the discs) buys huge volumes of them at a very, very low price - probably only a tiny fraction of what you pay at your local walmart.

Yeah , but I haven't heard of that situation (dvd cost< cd cost)

[praveesh]

The era of cds may be over but I don't agree anymore with the argument of "optical discs are obsolete " . HVDs with tera bytes of memory are coming .