Blu-ray / HD DVD player & DVD±R/RW burner - $409 (eSATA) or $429 USB

[joepic]

Just in time for Christmas!

http://www.addonics.com/products/external_cd/mobilehd_dvd_rrw.asp

Product Features

* Play Blu-ray™, HD DVD™ or regular DVD movie on your computer
* Reads data from all popular DVD and CD format - Blu-ray ™ and HD DVD™, standard DVD and CD
* Write to DVD+/- R/RW/DL media and CD-R/RW media
* Records up to 8.5GB of data or 4 hours of video on compatible DVD+R DL (dual layer) and DVD-R DL(dual layer) media
* Choice of enclosure for eSATA or eSATA/USB 2.0 interface connection
* Bundled with Cyberlink High-Def Suite - software is for use in Windows XP, 2003, and Vista only
* Sturdy aluminum construction
* Compact size for convenient transportation
* Plug and play
* Stereo ear phone jack
* OS support - Windows 98SE, Me, 2000, XP, Vista, Linux (Kernel 2.6 and above), Solaris 10, Mac OS X 10.4*

[Ollie6431]

...
* Play Blu-ray™, HD DVD™ or regular DVD movie on your computer
...

(1) the price is still too high for the average consumer
(2) the targeted users are limited, only those who own a HTPC would want to play Bluray/HD-DVD from a PC to a large-screen HDTV

[Xylob the Destroyer]

Addonics??
Who???
I see from the DVD Writers page that their products are HUGELY popular among this sites users.....

I'll wait until I can get one from Sorny, Panafonic, or Magnetbox.

On the plus side, at least somebody is putting a combo drive on the market.
I'd prefer an internal drive though, especially for HTPC.

[joepic]

DVD Burner & Blu-ray/HD DVD Reader - $299 sata

Here is an internal drive for the PC or you can put it into an external case. The Cyberlink PowerDVD software that comes with is an OEM trial version. You need to get version 3319a of PowerDVD Ultra along with AnyDVD HD to have your complete play back package.

LG GGC-H20L
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136133&CMP=EMC-IGNEFL121807&A...L1A-_-27136133

Why you need PowerDVD Ultra 3319a
https://forum.videohelp.com/topic341092.html

AnyDVD HD
https://www.videohelp.com/tools/AnyDVD

[oldandinthe way]

Nothing worth watching on Blue-Ray or HD. If you can't write higher capacity media, why pay even $200.

[bendixG15]

Nothing worth watching on Blue-Ray or HD...............

Oh my, you are giving away your age

[oldandinthe way]

I thought I made my relative age clear in every post.

But if I were younger I would still not be interested in a medium which has under 300 titles in both formats combined.

[SingSing]

I bet the unit must has at least two lasers.

[mstone321]

Along the same lines, but a bare drive. Add your own enclosure of choice.

I see a time when a PS3 will be able to play HD-DVD movies with one of these things hanging off of a USB port. It's a no brainer......

[mstone321]

Forgot the link.. http://tinyurl.com/34nvgw

[stiltman]

Hmm, that link goes to the GGC-H20L @ $279.99 CAD

Looks like the GGC-H20L Burns BR discs too
http://us.lge.com/download/product/file/1000003670/h_ggch20l_spec_sheet.pdf

http://us.lge.com/products/model/detail/computer%20products_optical%20drives_optical%2...GGC-H20L.jhtml





I'll stop editing my post now

Hahha,
If you look at the data sheet PDF for the GGC-H20L and GGW-H20L you will notice they have the same UPC code. My guess is some lasy person just used the same data for both except for the name/model # and size....Least that's the only differences I saw with the 2 data sheets.

[mstone321]

My take on the GGC-H20L is that it can only read Blu-Ray and HD-DVD. It will write Dual layer recordable DVDs and lower density disks...

[medik1]

You can buy it for less than 250$ in Canada for example Canadisn computers price 237$ canadian on line, I have big problem with GGW-H20L I can not make it wright BD-R, it wright w/o problem any BD-RE but I get error: unable to start right disk at once on 2 BD-R from 3. I am sure itis crap, bad firmware but LG support gave me 0 help eny one help please