Sorry Chris, but you may want to take off your HD DVD fan glasses and read again. He's saying the HD DVD READ ONLY drive that's standard is worthless to buy into now. Okay, it may have *some* value if you happen to already own HD DVDs, but for the VAST majority of people, it is a basically worthless choice. 99.99% of customers looking for a high-def read-only option would be much better off getting the BD-ROM with DVD writer. I'm sure that's why the standard HD DVD reader is 102 pounds (around $200, I believe) cheaper. Inventory closeout, no doubt. If you don't care about HD DVD or Blu-ray at this time, save yourself $70 or so and just get the DVD burner.
Now, if you really want to burn high capacity discs, you could go for the HD DVD writer, but I would not recommend it. How long will the HD DVD blank media be available, and will they ever be available at a reasonable price? BD-R and BD-RE writers and media will be exploding in availability and dropping in price over the next few years.
And what games are coming on HD DVD discs? I've never heard of such a thing.
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Mr. E @ Mar 4th 2008 1:47PM
Sorry Chris, but you may want to take off your HD DVD fan glasses and read again. He's saying the HD DVD READ ONLY drive that's standard is worthless to buy into now. Okay, it may have *some* value if you happen to already own HD DVDs, but for the VAST majority of people, it is a basically worthless choice. 99.99% of customers looking for a high-def read-only option would be much better off getting the BD-ROM with DVD writer. I'm sure that's why the standard HD DVD reader is 102 pounds (around $200, I believe) cheaper. Inventory closeout, no doubt. If you don't care about HD DVD or Blu-ray at this time, save yourself $70 or so and just get the DVD burner.
Now, if you really want to burn high capacity discs, you could go for the HD DVD writer, but I would not recommend it. How long will the HD DVD blank media be available, and will they ever be available at a reasonable price? BD-R and BD-RE writers and media will be exploding in availability and dropping in price over the next few years.
And what games are coming on HD DVD discs? I've never heard of such a thing.