If price is the battleground where the war between Blu-ray and HD DVD will be fought, then Philips and Lite-On Digital Solutions fired a new salvo on Tuesday, with the announcement of a $199 drive. Unfortunately, the internal PLDS DH-4O1S drive is not the official answer to the $99 Toshiba HD DVD player that went on sale at Wal-mart last week. The DH-401S is an internal drive for the PC that simply plays back Blu-ray, DVD, and CD discs, although the manufacturers noted that a PC equipped with the drive could be connected via an HDMI cable to a TV.
Spec-wise, the drive reads either single- or dual-layer BD-R/RE/ROM discs at up to 4X speeds, while single- or double-layer DVD±R or DVD-ROM discs can be read at 12X and single or double-layer DVD±RW discs can be read at 8X speeds. DVD, Single-layer or Double-layer media at 4X maximum. Single Layer DVD ±R or DVD-ROM can be read at 12X max, while Double Layer DVD±R and Single Layer DVD±RW can be read at 8X max. CD-R/RW/ROM has a maximum read speed of 32X.
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Spec-wise, the drive reads either single- or dual-layer BD-R/RE/ROM discs at up to 4X speeds, while single- or double-layer DVD±R or DVD-ROM discs can be read at 12X and single or double-layer DVD±RW discs can be read at 8X speeds. DVD, Single-layer or Double-layer media at 4X maximum. Single Layer DVD ±R or DVD-ROM can be read at 12X max, while Double Layer DVD±R and Single Layer DVD±RW can be read at 8X max. CD-R/RW/ROM has a maximum read speed of 32X.
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who released a PC disk drive today without write capability....
who released a PC disk drive today without write capability....
It can, in fact, write DVDs and CDs; otherwise it would be absurd.
I don't see why this is worthy of a news post... we don't get posts about every new DVD writer that comes out (especially when they offer nothing new and cost exactly the same).
This is a legit drive, my local computer shop has them in stock. They dont write HD/Blu
anydvd
Maybe they had to clear out some stolen merchandise.
Where are the guys always saying BD is a "Sony" format?
I have a Philips BD writer, 2x $599 SATA.
There are also writers from Plextor, Panasonic, BenQ, Asus, Pioneer, LG, Samsung, HP, and Sony.
$200 for a reader is par for the course. New writers coming out (4X) are about $499.
Last edited by PeterTHX on 15 Nov 2007 - 05:41
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