LG's hybrid Blu-ray/HD DVD standalone drive coming soon
by Erik Hanson 
posted Jan 9th 2007 at 10:57AM
Not to be outdone with just a combination set-top Blu-ray/HD DVD player, LG has also announced the GGW-H10N combo standalone drive for computers. The drive -- which presumably incorporates the same Broadcom integrated chipset as the BH100 -- can read both blue-laser formats, but only writes to Blu-ray or standard DVDs and CDs. According to the LG press event from Sunday, the PC drive will support all iHD functionality for HD DVD titles, whereas the set-top box will not due to hardware limitations. The SATA drive is set to be released before the end of January for $1200.[Thanks, Khattab]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Dave @ Jan 9th 2007 11:24AM
http://www.blu-ray.com/images/media/tdk.jpg
img eL @ Jan 9th 2007 12:04PM
will current Blu-Ray Burners blurn 100GB?
Neil @ Jan 9th 2007 2:29PM
Not too much space left on there for the manufacturer logo. Looks like an outfit for a NASCAR racer. Is all that really necessary?
dave @ Feb 19th 2007 5:21PM
it reads both formats and writes to Blu-Ray. so no matter which format wins the heart of the movie studios, i'll be able to play it, and i can use blank blu-ray discs to backup the photos, music and standard-definition video currently clogging my hard drive up.
engadget, babyyyy, do me a favor and have a contest where the winner gets one of these for free. it'd be the only optical drive i'll ever need, unless they make blank BDs with LightScribe.