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Xbox 360 HD DVD drive now officially $49.99

by Joshua Topolsky, posted Feb 25th 2008 at 3:32PM


Look, don't act like you didn't know this was coming. Microsoft has started selling its Xbox 360 HD DVD drive for the ultra-bargain price of $49.99. So now's your chance to get one super-duper cheap. Or you could just throw that $50 into the garbage... same thing.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

How-to: Use your TiVo Series3 eSATA port to add an external drive

by Ryan Block, posted May 4th 2007 at 10:33PM

Holy crap, there's finally a way to use the eSATA port on your Series3 to expand your drive space! We've got the full writeup over on Engadget classic, check it out! Go on, 'git!

Pioneer hits China with $300 BDC-S02 Blu-ray drive

by Paul Miller, posted Apr 18th 2007 at 5:17PM


We're sure China hasn't given up on its efforts to skip over the major format war players and go with its home grown EVD format, but that doesn't mean Blu-ray manufacturers can't give it the old college try over there. To that end, Pioneer is busting out a $300 combo Blu-ray burner / player drive for PCs, the BDC-S02, and is launching it exclusively in China, with other markets to follow later. As far as we know, this is significantly cheaper than any other such drive on the market, and while $300 definitely isn't cheap by Chinese standards, it's a valiant effort on the part of Pioneer -- though we wouldn't mind a bit of that effort Stateside, we've never been bonkers for these $500-$1000 pricetags ourselves.

[Via TG Daily]

HDTV Listings for April 15, 2007

by Richard Lawler, posted Apr 15th 2007 at 4:49PM

What we're watching: Tonight marks the premiere of Drive on Fox, we don't know much about it but hey, it's got that guy from Firefly in it. We'll give it a look.

Our traditional high-def listings continue below.

Continue reading HDTV Listings for April 15, 2007

First Blu-ray PC drive won't play Blu-ray movies -- We know

by Matt Burns, posted Aug 11th 2006 at 12:19PM

Sony's first Blu-ray drive was officially unveiled a few days ago and to the surprise of many, it will not allow Blu-ray movie playback. But this isn't new. We have known this for a while as there are two things standing in the way. One, there has to be a software to allow for playback and two, your graphics card must decrypted the HDCP signal. Cyberlink is working hard on the first part and their software has been certified to playback both Blu-ray and HD DVDs but it hasn't been released yet. The only AACS-supported playback application is the OEM version of Intervideo WinDVD that's bundled with Sony's Blu-ray equipped VAIO notebook. ATI and NVIDIA both have graphics cards in the works that allow for HDCP processing but again, they are not released yet. Once both of these prereq's are met, then this drive will allow for playback, but till then, it is only going to record.

Logitec brings Blu-Ray to Macs with the LBD-A2FU2

by Matt Burns, posted Apr 24th 2006 at 9:13AM


NOTE: This is not the same Logitech of mice and keyboard fame. But who cares! This is the first Blu-Ray burner that will work with PCs and Macs. What's that you say? Won't work with your Intel Mac Mini or MacBook Pro? They do have an external version coming out as well that will run on ether firewire or USB for a few bucks more. The drive itself though appears to be simply a re-badged Panasonic drive with the same price tag. So for about $850 you can except to see this drive at the end of June.

[via Akihabara News]




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