My first burner was a sony 510a(2003) external for 200USD:eek: and my first TY purchase (TYG01) was 150USD 
for 100 silver injet printable.
My first CD writer was a HP 2x cd writer. Cost about 550$ - Next was Plextor 8x for 800$ (I think i got one of the first 8x cd writers and what a price 
). One cdr at that time (app 1997) was 15$ in Denmark. (All approximate figures) Pheew - those were good days and very expensive coasters… 
(The Litey 811 was my third DVD writer and easily the darkest chapter in my burning career 
Can’t believe they put out that trash at the time they were kings of cd burners. Never quite got my faith back in Lite On’s as writers 
)