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Old 10th September 2007, 10:40   #1
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Default Adding HD DVD (or Blu-ray) to your HTPC

Optical drives in the next generation formats have been pretty expensive
and/or scarce. A proper PC HD DVD drive still isn't really to be found,
and those that are around are external and cost around $350. It is a
widely known fact that the Xbox 360's HD DVD add-on drive is a USB 2.0
peripheral and as such connects to a PC just fine. In fact, the drive ID's
itself as a Toshiba HD DVD drive, which of course clearly tells us who
makes the drive for Microsoft. Microsoft has dropped the MSRP to a very
affordable $180. Blu-ray solutions have mostly been Blu-ray disc writers,
and so have been quite expensive at $650 or more. Blu-ray readers (BD-ROM
drives) are now starting to show up for a more reasonable price of $300,
with drives priced in the even more competitive $200 range coming soon.
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