LG Internal HD-DVD/BluRay Reader 16X DVD+/-RW SATA Burner $285

[doraemonkerpal]

(credit goes to cjbrown from SD)

Spoiler

http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?t=634110

Ncixus.com is selling the LG GGC-H20L Super Multi Blue Combo Blu-Ray/HD DVD Combo for $274.99 plus $9.99 shipping. In stock now.

It purports to play both HD media formats and is a SATA drive.

http://www.ncixus.com/products/index.php?sku=26553

 

[guyver2077]

bad ass...

i want to see burners drop though..

 

[doraemonkerpal]

Some more information I found on the burner from fw and sd, plus some great ideas too.

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] The unit operates at BD-ROM/R 6X, BD-ROM/R DL at 4.8X, BD-RE (DL) 2X, HD DVD-ROM (DL) 3X. As for DVD/CD, the speed are DVD-RAM 5x, DVD±R DL 4X, the DVD±R 16X, DVD-RW 6X, DVD+RW 8X, CD-R 40X, CD-RW 24X

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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]hmm, nice..
get a video card that has HDMI or DVI out, hook it up to your big screen and your golden.[/FONT]

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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Make sure your TV supports HDCP. If it has HDMI it probably does, but if it only has DVI it may not.[/FONT]

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[/FONT]k, this drive comes with PowerDVD Ultra and the minimum CPU and Video Card specs they have for playing HD content are:

Processor

Intel (Minimum):
* Pentium 4 541 3.2 GHz, Pentium D 840 3.2 GHz, Pentium D 930 3.0 GHz or 940 3.2 GHz, Core Duo T2400 1.83 GHz, Pentium M 755 2.0 GHz

Intel (Recommended):
* Pentium EE 840 3.2 GHz or 955 3.4 GHz, Pentium D 945 3.4 GHz, 950 3.4 GHz or 960 3.6 GHz, Core Duo T2500 2.0 GHz, T2600 2.16 GHz or T2700 2.33 GHz, Core 2 Duo E6300 1.8 GHz, E6400 2.13 GHz, E6600 2.4 GHz, E6700 2.66 GHZ or X6800 2.93 GHz

AMD (Minimum):
* Athlon 64 X2 3800+ 2.0 GHz or 4000+ 2.0 GHz, Turion 64 X2 TL-50 1.6 GHz, TL-52 1.6 GHz or TL-56 1.8 GHz

AMD (Recommended):
* Athlon 64 FX FX-60 2.6 GHz or FX-62 2.8 GHz, Athlon 64 X2 4200+ 2.2 GHz, 4400+ 2.2 GHz, 4600+ 2.4 GHz, 4800+ 2.4 GHz or 5000+ 2.6 GHz, Turion 64 X2 TL-60 2.0 GHz

Graphics Cards and Chipsets (one of these)

* Intel 945/965 graphics
* nVidia: GeForce 7600 GT, GeForce 7800 GTX 512, GeForce 7900 GX2, GeForce 7900 GTX, GeForce 7950 GX2
* ATI (minumum requirements): ATI Radeon X1600 series, X1800 series, X1900 series
* ATI (recommended requirements): ATI Radeon HD 2400, 2600, 2900 series
* Video RAM: Graphics card memory requires 256 MB or above

We strongly recommend that you update your graphics card driver to the latest version.

You can be fine with less, but don't count on it.

You don't need an HDMI video card. You just need a card with DVI and HDCP....

that's correct, the 8500 and 8600 are great cards for HTPCs. they have a special chip to do HD decoding that the 8800 series is lacking, and using the 8500 or 8600 should significantly reduce the load on your cpu compared to one (or any other card).

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Also, ncixus.com has a B average review (over 1000 reviews) and sounds pretty reliable.
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