Topic: 1st Official HD-DVD drive for PCs more Expensive than Xbox360 HD-DVD A (Read 104 times)

Xbox-Scene · « **on:** December 06, 2006, 12:13:00 PM »

1st Official HD-DVD drive for PCs more Expensive than Xbox360 HD-DVD Addon
Posted by XanTium | December 6 14:13 EST

Buffalo will be launching the HDV-ROM2.4FB at the end of this month. Officially this HD-DVD drive (OEMed by Toshiba) will be the world's first HD-DVD drive for PCs. Some high-end PCs already shipped with HD-DVD drives, but until now it was impossible to buy any ATAPI HD-DVD drives sold independently for PCs.
Next to HD-DVD discs, the device will of course also read all previous formats: DVD±R/RW, DVD±R/R DL, DVD-ROM and CD-R/RW/ROM.
The device will retail for about 38850JPY, thats ~337usd/254eur. Seems a bit expensive considering the Xbox 360 HD-DVD Addon is already available right now for just 199usd and can be used in Windows Vista (natively) and Windows XP (with some special drivers) too.
The only thing missing in the Xbox360 HD-DVD package is PC software to playback HD-DVD movies. The Buffalo drive comes with PowerDVD HD-DVD Edition.

appleguru · « **Reply #1 on:** December 06, 2006, 11:26:00 AM »

Looks like m$ is going to be getting a few more hd-dvd drive sales for those wanting to use it with a pc

mlapaglia · « **Reply #2 on:** December 06, 2006, 11:52:00 AM »

sounds more and more like M$ knows what they are doing.. trying to get HD-DVD to be the winner in the next war.. great strategy, sell for @$$ loads less than the competition, and even people in their own HD-DVD realm lol.

bucko · « **Reply #3 on:** December 06, 2006, 12:17:00 PM »

If that price conversation is account for tax & market situations then I would say it's cheaper than PC Blu-Ray drives, there going for £500+ though there burners though.

I've always wondered were the HD-DVD PC Drive's were, finally...

sicknasty413 · « **Reply #4 on:** December 06, 2006, 02:29:00 PM »

I'd love to have one in my PC..but, ehh, I have better things to spend my money on (for now)

pinkerton · « **Reply #5 on:** December 06, 2006, 04:24:00 PM »

I'm only interested in a HD DVD Burner for the PC

elmo_sni · « **Reply #6 on:** December 06, 2006, 04:39:00 PM »

QUOTE(pinkerton @ Dec 6 2006, 06:31 PM)

I'm only interested in a HD DVD Burner for the PC

likewise...

_iffy · « **Reply #7 on:** December 06, 2006, 05:17:00 PM »

<- click

it's blu-ray, but still.

This post has been edited by _iffy: Dec 7 2006, 01:19 AM

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