LG PC Blu-ray/HD-DVD Combo Drive Preview @ ExtremeTech
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Tue May 08, 2007 7:59 amby Ian
Somehow ExtremeTech got their hands on LG's new Blu-ray/HD-DVD combo drive, the GGW-H10N. Not the best preview, but it has some of the first tests I've seen.
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1 ... 924,00.asp
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Tue May 08, 2007 10:56 amby Grain
Wow, it still has an expected $1000 price tag, an expensive neighborhood. Interesting piece of kit though, but it's not something many people will buy. I'm ready to jump on the bandwagon, come on $200 drives, where are you?
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Tue May 08, 2007 11:45 amby Ian
Yeah, the drive is more expensive than the rest of the computer. For the record, the drive writes to BD-R SL media at 4x.. not the 2x stated in their preview. I wish they would have taken the time to run some tests with BD-R media. I know PC Magazine has the money to spend on BD media.
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Tue May 08, 2007 12:10 pmby dolphinius_rex
I can buy an LG 4x BD-R burner for my PC for $500 CAD, and an XBox 360 add-on drive for $200 CAD. Why would I pay $1200 USD for that?
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Tue May 08, 2007 2:25 pmby Wesociety
dolphinius_rex wrote:I can buy an LG 4x BD-R burner for my PC for $500 CAD, and an XBox 360 add-on drive for $200 CAD. Why would I pay $1200 USD for that?
You wouldn't and neither will anyone else! This thing is going to flop due to the insanely large price tag.