Hitachi showcases internal GGW-H20N Blu-ray burner / HD DVD reader

by Darren Murph, posted Jun 12th 2007 at 6:17PM

Ah, the sweet aroma of competition in the air. That's what we've gotten a whiff of after catching an (admittedly grainy) shot of what appears to be an internal Blu-ray writing / HD DVD reading combo drive from Hitachi. The GGW-H20N should have no issues playing your favorite high-definition films on either format, and it can also burn 50GB dual-layer Blu-ray discs, BD-R, BD-RW, and the typical flavors of writable DVDs and CDs. Reportedly, the drive will also boast a speedy SATA interface and will posses a read rate of up to 6x and burn rate of 4x, but the most important detail (read: worldwide release details) was unsurprisingly omitted. Bring on the price drops.

[Via FormatWarCentral]

Filed under: Blu-ray, HD DVD, Players, Hitachi

Tags: bd, blu-ray burner, Blu-rayBurner, burner, combo drive, ComboDrive, GGW-H20N, hd burner, hd dvd reader, hd writer, HdBurner, HdDvdReader, HdWriter, hybrid drive, HybridDrive, internal combo drive, InternalComboDrive, writer

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Dave @ Jun 13th 2007 12:12AM

For PC i dont need anything else except Blu-ray. It has double the storage with better price per GB and way better access speed.
So why should i pay for hd-dvd reader? I want those drives separate!

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FiveDotOne @ Jun 13th 2007 11:32AM

Maybe its because with blue laser and standard DVD reading capability, the HD DVD playback capability comes for free ... just add the PC application and its there.

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