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MikeKay1976 · 15-03-2008

Hi

1st post here in a long time

with HD DVD now dying i have just get my a 360 HD with 6 films for £35 and have since bagged another.... (pants i just worked it out, in 3 days have baught 21 movies!, i darnt look at my bank balance!)

the theory is, when blu-ray / HDDVD multi drives come down in price in a year or so i will get one of those and have all bases covered in my media pc (which will by then have the horsepower for HD)

i know no one has a crystal ball, however was wondering, with HD DVD now officially dead, do you guys think there is a chance the multi drives will cease to exist?

i would be gutted to wait 18 months only to find out you can no longer get a combo drive, or, do you think that they will keep the support in there for that very reason?

Maybe there are some people in the industry on here who can make a more educated guess than myself

I will be keeping an eye out, the second HDDVD gets dropped i will have to buy a bluray/DHDVD combo drive.

It would be a waste at the mo, as i dont think an Athon XP2500+ / 1GB and a 32mb Matrox G450 would cut the mustard for HDDVD!!!!!

cheers

M.

15-03-2008	#1 (permalink)
MikeKay1976 New on Forum Join Date: May 2002 Location: Roysten Vasey Posts: 6	New Blu-ray burner / HD DVD drive Hi 1st post here in a long time with HD DVD now dying i have just get my a 360 HD with 6 films for £35 and have since bagged another.... (pants i just worked it out, in 3 days have baught 21 movies!, i darnt look at my bank balance!) the theory is, when blu-ray / HDDVD multi drives come down in price in a year or so i will get one of those and have all bases covered in my media pc (which will by then have the horsepower for HD) i know no one has a crystal ball, however was wondering, with HD DVD now officially dead, do you guys think there is a chance the multi drives will cease to exist? i would be gutted to wait 18 months only to find out you can no longer get a combo drive, or, do you think that they will keep the support in there for that very reason? Maybe there are some people in the industry on here who can make a more educated guess than myself I will be keeping an eye out, the second HDDVD gets dropped i will have to buy a bluray/DHDVD combo drive. It would be a waste at the mo, as i dont think an Athon XP2500+ / 1GB and a 32mb Matrox G450 would cut the mustard for HDDVD!!!!! cheers M. __________________ Fiat Coupe, helping motorists break the speed limit since 1993.