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Old 04-12-2008, 09:18 AM
Kadath Gawd, 4.1 Years
 
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Read Only BluRay drive for PC, $159
http://www.frys.com/product/5525640
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Old 04-12-2008, 09:22 AM
Blazestorm [H]ardness Supreme, 3.1 Years
 
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827136133

HD-DVD Playback and DVD Burning functions for $20 more ?



And http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827106227

Blu-ray read-only for $130
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Old 04-12-2008, 09:28 AM
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Old 04-12-2008, 09:50 AM
matrix563 Moderator, 3.4 Years
 
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awesome . when will a cheap burner come out?
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Old 04-12-2008, 09:57 AM
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827136137

$289 for Blu-ray burner...
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Old 04-12-2008, 01:54 PM
Kadath Gawd, 4.1 Years
 
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Yeah, when those burners hit $199 I'll bite
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Old 04-12-2008, 03:45 PM
devman [H]ard|Gawd, 4.2 Years
 
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LG Black 16X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 4X DVD+R DL 16X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 5X DVD-RAM DVD-ROM: 16X Blu-ray DVD-ROM: 6X HD DVD-ROM: 3X DVD-ROM 40X CD-R 24X CD-RW 4MB Cache SATA Blu-ray/HD DVD-ROM & 16X DVD±R DVD Burner - Retail

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Amazing product though. HD-DVDs are cheaper than DVDs during some firesales
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Old 04-12-2008, 11:23 PM
Kadath Gawd, 4.1 Years
 
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Now sold out.
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Old 04-13-2008, 12:26 AM
Blown 89 [H]ard|Gawd, 7.3 Years
 
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Looks like they're back in stock. I have that LG drive and love it.
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Old 04-13-2008, 01:56 AM
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Amazing product though. HD-DVDs are cheaper than DVDs during some firesales
that drive has dropped support for hd-dvd
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Old 04-13-2008, 03:05 AM
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Yeah, when those burners hit $199 I'll bite
Same
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Old 04-13-2008, 05:03 AM
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that drive has dropped support for hd-dvd

Power dvd 8.0 dropped support for HD-dvd.


The drive ships with Powerdvd 7.0 oem. Once you download the necessary patches, it plays both HD formats fine.... (well, as fine as Powerdvd does... <cough>) fancier ($$) versions of 7 have better sound support.

Powerdvd 8 (which is also more $$) dropped hd-dvd and offers reportedly slightly better blu-ray and standard dvd playback. So if you are interested in these improvements you have to run both versions... <sigh>

There are rumors of a bigger version of 8 coming that adds HD back in, but who knows...


Finally, some people avoid the issue entirely and just run something else... Nero, TotalMedia Theater, etc for examples.

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I'll be picking up the LG drive myself, soon as the tax return hits the checking account...
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Old 04-13-2008, 05:30 AM
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Decent deal. Almost worth it over a PS3, if you watch movies on your computer like I do.

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Awesome drive. I picked one up last week for $279. Plays HD-DVD and BD perfectly with included software.
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Old 04-13-2008, 08:40 AM
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How does blue-ray dmr work on pc drives? Does your video card have to have hdmi ?
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Old 04-13-2008, 08:51 AM
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How does blue-ray dmr work on pc drives? Does your video card have to have hdmi ?
You need to have an HDCP compliant connection, either over DVI or HDMI. Monitor & video card have to support it.
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Old 04-13-2008, 08:57 AM
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You need to have an HDCP compliant connection, either over DVI or HDMI. Monitor & video card have to support it.
Or just use AnyDVD like me

Soyo 24" and an 8800 GTS 320 (which is HDCP compliant I think)... HD-DVDs would freeze after 3 seconds until I got AnyDVD...
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Old 04-13-2008, 09:18 AM
gdonovan [H]ard|Gawd, 5.3 Years
 
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Power dvd 8.0 dropped support for HD-dvd.
You sure? I have Power DVD 8 Ultra and have been watching HD-DVD content for weeks.
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Old 04-13-2008, 09:26 AM
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These are some Lite-On read only drive for cheap prices. Most of us already have regular DVD-Burners so these are for those that want BD playback.

$140

$130
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Old 04-13-2008, 09:56 AM
you2 Limp Gawd, 5.5 Years
 
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You need to have an HDCP compliant connection, either over DVI or HDMI. Monitor & video card have to support it.
So I have an 8800GTS (512MB) which is fairly new so I presume iti s HDCP compliant. If I put an HDMI adapter on it (which oddly was not a standard output on the 8800GTS) will it work with the current generation of LCD tvs (which sadly do not have dvi connectors) or will the conversion process break the drm ?
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Old 04-13-2008, 10:46 AM
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PowerDVD Ultra will allow playback on a monitor with just VGA connection, you just don't get a hi-def picture.
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