$199 PC Blu-ray Player Announced

[Third Eye]

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The Blu-ray team has announced a new, sub-$200 Blu-ray drive that may very well sway some buyers away from the HD DVD proposition this holiday season. The new drive is made by Philips and Lite-On, and it's launching with a price tag of $199. This isn't a burner, mind you: the PLDS DH-4O1S drive can only play back Blu-ray, DVD, and CD media at maximum speeds of 4X, 12X (8X for rewritable DVDs), and 32X, respectively. Those looking for a Blu-ray burner to back up their Linux ISOs will need to pony up a little extra for a burner like Lite-On's $460 LH-2B1S. Nonetheless, the PLDS DH-4O1S has the advantage of being an internal, 5.25" drive and of being bundled with a copy of Cyberlink's PowerDVD software.
Spec-wise, the drive reads either single- or dual-layer BD-R/RE/ROM discs at up to 4X speeds, while single- or double-layer DVD1R or DVD-ROM discs can be read at 12X and single or double-layer DVD1RW discs can be read at 8X speeds. DVD, Single-layer or Double-layer media at 4X maximum. Single Layer DVD 1R or DVD-ROM can be read at 12X max, while Double Layer DVD1R and Single Layer DVD1RW can be read at 8X max. CD-R/RW/ROM has a maximum read speed of 32X.



Source: Guru3D

*www.gearlog.com/2007/11/cheap_199_bluray_player_announ.php

 

[CadCrazy]

But can it write cds/dvds ???????

 

[naveen_reloaded]

Ya good question!^

 

[ArZuNeOs]

Right now @ Rs 8k months later @ 2k

Wait B4 Spurlging on huge Currencies

 

[Gigacore]

hmm.. lets wait until it gets down to 4k range

thanks for the info

 

[fun2sh]

^til then a new tech may come which will make BD like a CD

 

[Gigacore]

^ i'll buy the Bluray drive and wait for that then..

 

[CadCrazy]

What if digit start giving HD-DVD then

 

[Gigacore]

^ Dont dream.. we have to wait for long time for that.. and the mag will be 500 bucks!

 

[CadCrazy]

Buddy m just joking i mean what if HD-DVD become more popular than it

 

[Third Eye]

But can it write cds/dvds ???????

Its a player. Wait for a writer, it will write cds/dvds.

 

[ArZuNeOs]

My Friend has a B-ray Writer / Recorder.....He said it works well...with B-ray discs but HE never needed to write 25 gb on one disc....

Till then i wanted to lay my hands on it...afterwards.....mind started to work

 

[RCuber]

We have to wait till we get BD movies .. and you should also have a powerful system which is HDCP compliant to watch movies.. and BD works only with vista.. cause its the only OS right now to support HDCP..

 

[Gigacore]

^ yeah.. and even BD disks are expensive

Let us wait till it sells like DVDs (10 Rs)

 

[RCuber]

^^^ LOL you wont get pirated BD discs.. and forget BD@ Rs.10. and even if you have original discs you may not be able to play it unless you have a good hardware and software to play it.

BD / HD DVD will take time to hit mainstream users... but it will comedown sooner rather than later.. I think $199(Rs.8000) for BD drive is good enough.. wait for another 6 months and the prices will drop more.. But im waiting for more BD/ HD DVD in India. .

 

[Gigacore]

^ LOL.. i meant the empty BD discs...

I think my kids will get married at that time

 

[nvidia]

Any idea about the price of Blu ray discs??

 

[azzu]

^^ wanna buy ??

 

[nvidia]

YES...
If i win a lottery that is...

 

[Gigacore]

A Bluray disk will cost a DVD writer at the moment