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Actually as I mentioned earlier on the other topic but DVD-Ram Drive and DVD-R Drive are totally 2 different things..
With DVD-R drive burning DVD-R's is quite simple process(Sort of Speak)with the right Tools Hardware+Software and then it's possible to playback on virtually any Home DVD players and PC interface..
Where the DVD-Ram drive is sort of like Tape drive with almost same capability except you CAN ONLY play it back through DVD-Ram Drive ONLY!!
As for DVD-R Blank's it's down to $8.00 a piece not $24.00..So it's not too bad..
DVD-R Drive is about $630.00 compared to Ebay's Crazy price of $700 and over..
I could tell you which website carries it for Super low price..Pioneer Model#A03 IDE Interface Version which is great because it burns CD-R and CD-RW as well with DVD-R and DVD-RW..
By 2002 DVD-R will probably drop to about somewhere between $2-$3.00 a piece..