I know its hardly the end of the world but I just bought an internal LG DVD burner from my trade supplier. Its price had gone from aud30 to aud62 in the last two months. He said they are getting scarce because of the factories transferring to Blue Ray. Expects the price to level out at about the hundred aussie dollars.
He also expects the DVD burner/BR reader combo to be the next popular item.
(au$150)
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