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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
wreckedchevy @ Mar 25th 2008 12:43PM
Dam! at that price does it come with a girlfriend???
andy @ Mar 25th 2008 1:08PM
Am I missing something?
LG sells a combo burner on newegg for 229.
Paul Moon @ Mar 25th 2008 4:49PM
The $229 "burner" that you're referring to on Newegg is only a DVD burner, though it does play BDs and HD-DVDs. There is a version that adds BD-R for only $50 more, though, at Nowdirect.com.
I think it's pretty well known that Plextor overcharges.
Jay D @ Mar 25th 2008 2:45PM
Well, I have a Panasonic Blu-ray burner that I paid 400$ on eBay and an XBOX 360 HD DVD drive that I got for 50$ at Best Buy. I can rip both formats and burn to Blu-ray for 450$. So 599$ seems a bit on the high side.