BD-R & HD-DVD burner in 1 - Club CDFreaks

raskal · 22-07-2007

Hi, I am looking for an internal drive that can read AND write both Blu ray AND HD-DVD.

Preferebly by LG. (I just like LG

)

Preferably LG, not necessarily.

Can anyone help me make my choice?

Thanks a lot!

*qwakrz* · 22-07-2007

Here is the current list....

Short isn't it

AFAIK there are no combi Blue Ray and HDDVD writers out, infact I dont even thing HDDVD has a writer yet and the BR/HDDVD reader combo drives have only just been anounced.

*Kenshin* · 22-07-2007

And even a read-only drive costs too much. For the price of one Blu-ray writer, one can buy a few 500GB SATA II HDD's, a few 20x Super Multi DVD writers, and a few 8GB SLC NAND flash cards.

*_chef_* · 24-07-2007

Yeah, kinda nothing yet.

slytrans69 · 25-07-2007

Toshiba SD-H903A HD DVD burner is for PC. They also have one in their laptops. Too expensive for me.

*Bob* · 25-07-2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by slytrans69

Toshiba SD-H903A HD DVD burner is for PC. They also have one in their laptops. Too expensive for me.

Oh come on now. You Long Beachers have to have money to live there

I used to live in Garden Grove 3 1/2 years ago.

*coolcolors* · 25-07-2007

For me before I go out to buy a comb of HD, BD, DL, SL, CD drive I like them to make it have the RW feature on all of the drive features. Until then I just keep my DL burner which for me right now works just as well. I don't plan on opening a movie theater anytime soon.

slytrans69 · 26-07-2007

Hey Rolling, just to play HD on a PC requires too much of an investment with the HDMI and HDCP requirements for the monitor and sound card, and video card. Not to mention the cost of gas to go surfing. Surfing is the only thing keeping me in California. You have it made.

*nekrosoft13* · 26-07-2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by slytrans69

Hey Rolling, just to play HD on a PC requires too much of an investment with the HDMI and HDCP requirements for the monitor and sound card, and video card. Not to mention the cost of gas to go surfing. Surfing is the only thing keeping me in California. You have it made.

you don't need HDMI

slytrans69 · 26-07-2007

Microsoft lied!!!!!!!

**alan1476** · 27-07-2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by slytrans69

Microsoft lied!!!!!!!

Whats new? Told me Vista was better than XP Pro also. Should I believe that?

slytrans69 · 27-07-2007

Upon further review of all components involved, it seems that to play Blu-Ray on a PC, you can use a DVI port only if you have a monitor and video card with HDCP chip on board. If you have an HDMI port, you do not need the HDCP chip. But HDMI will not play any non-HDCP supported media. So either way, the rules remain the same for the manufacturers. So to back up your store bought media on these expensive discs is a problem. Don't let your kids scratch them!!!!

**zevia** · 27-07-2007

You can also playback Blu-ray on standard VGA port to your analog monitor.

slytrans69 · 28-07-2007

But is it HD?

*_chef_* · 29-07-2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by nekrosoft13

you don't need HDMI

You don't need it but its great with version 1.2 and 1.3. You need no extra audio connections, check out the HD 26xx Radeons.

HDCP you will need always for protected material to make the chain rolling.......

When you play it back by using no DVI/HMDI/HDCP the res is automatically decreased of course.

22-07-2007	#1 (permalink)
raskal New on Forum Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 1	BD-R & HD-DVD burner in 1 <a href='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/ck.php?n=a13febf7&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE' target='_blank'><img src='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/avw.php?zoneid=30&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE&n=a13febf7' border='0' alt='' /></a> Hi, I am looking for an internal drive that can read AND write both Blu ray AND HD-DVD. Preferebly by LG. (I just like LG ) Preferably LG, not necessarily. Can anyone help me make my choice? Thanks a lot!

22-07-2007	#2 (permalink)
qwakrz CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Plymouth, UK Posts: 870	Re: BD-R & HD-DVD burner in 1 Here is the current list.... Short isn't it AFAIK there are no combi Blue Ray and HDDVD writers out, infact I dont even thing HDDVD has a writer yet and the BR/HDDVD reader combo drives have only just been anounced. __________________ Current Setup Corsair 750W Core 2 Quad Q6700 @ 3.33GHz (333x10) Swiftech H20 Ultra+ Watercooling CoolerMaster Tsunami Dream Case 6GB PC6400 DDR2 RAM @ 4-4-4-15 800MHz (2x2 + 2x1) Asus P5K Deluxe 8800GTS @ 800/2000/1000 + Water block 19" BenQ 4:3 TFT 19" Hannson 16:9 TFT BenQ 1655 Lite-on 20A1S LG BD-R/HDDVD Samsung 750GB x 3 Raid 5 Logitech G15 Keyboard iPhone 3G 16GB Archos 560 Please dont PM me directly with your problems..... Thats what these forums are for.

22-07-2007	#3 (permalink)
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25-07-2007	#5 (permalink)
slytrans69 CD Freaks Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Long Beach, CA Posts: 747	Re: BD-R & HD-DVD burner in 1 Toshiba SD-H903A HD DVD burner is for PC. They also have one in their laptops. Too expensive for me.

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25-07-2007	#7 (permalink)
coolcolors CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,941	Re: BD-R & HD-DVD burner in 1 For me before I go out to buy a comb of HD, BD, DL, SL, CD drive I like them to make it have the RW feature on all of the drive features. Until then I just keep my DL burner which for me right now works just as well. I don't plan on opening a movie theater anytime soon.

26-07-2007	#8 (permalink)
slytrans69 CD Freaks Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Long Beach, CA Posts: 747	Re: BD-R & HD-DVD burner in 1 Hey Rolling, just to play HD on a PC requires too much of an investment with the HDMI and HDCP requirements for the monitor and sound card, and video card. Not to mention the cost of gas to go surfing. Surfing is the only thing keeping me in California. You have it made.

26-07-2007	#10 (permalink)
slytrans69 CD Freaks Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Long Beach, CA Posts: 747	Re: BD-R & HD-DVD burner in 1 Microsoft lied!!!!!!!

27-07-2007	#12 (permalink)
slytrans69 CD Freaks Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Long Beach, CA Posts: 747	Re: BD-R & HD-DVD burner in 1 Upon further review of all components involved, it seems that to play Blu-Ray on a PC, you can use a DVI port only if you have a monitor and video card with HDCP chip on board. If you have an HDMI port, you do not need the HDCP chip. But HDMI will not play any non-HDCP supported media. So either way, the rules remain the same for the manufacturers. So to back up your store bought media on these expensive discs is a problem. Don't let your kids scratch them!!!!

27-07-2007	#13 (permalink)
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28-07-2007	#14 (permalink)
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