Blu-ray/HD-DVD combo drive

Joe_Soap

Could anyone recommend a decent, reasonably priced blu-ray/hd-dvd combo drive (internal or external)?

Thanks

Do-more

I have this LG GGC-H20L, Blu-Ray & HD-DVD Reader which does the job just fine. I got it from a UK ebay shop which worked out a little cheaper but I was nearly 3 weeks waiting for delivery.

One problem was that it shipped with Power DVD 7 software rather than the latest Power DVD 8 ultra and 7 wouldn't play the latest version Blu ray discs. It would be worth checking with LG if it now ships with Power DVD 8 Ultra as it is expensive to upgrade...

RuggieBear

Do-more wrote: »

I have this LG GGC-H20L, Blu-Ray & HD-DVD Reader which does the job just fine. I got it from a UK ebay shop which worked out a little cheaper but I was nearly 3 weeks waiting for delivery.

One problem was that it shipped with Power DVD 7 software rather than the latest Power DVD 8 ultra and 7 wouldn't play the latest version Blu ray discs. It would be worth checking with LG if it now ships with Power DVD 8 Ultra as it is expensive to upgrade...

problem with some of the latest versions of the software is that they've dropped the HDDVD support. Just check it to make sure

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RuggieBear wrote: »

problem with some of the latest versions of the software is that they've dropped the HDDVD support. Just check it to make sure

Yep AFAIK only Power DVD 8 Ultra supports HD DVD. I'm now using Arcsoft TotalMedia Theatre which has Bluray and HD-DVD support.

mathias

I got one of those LG's myself last week , PowerDVD 7 does play HD-DVD's but you need the Hi-Def patch , which you download from Cyberlink , you are prompted to do it as part of the install of the software on the disk supplied.

It throws up a screen saying if you dont download the patch then you wont be able to play some HD content , which is all fair enough , and of course you must register to get the patch.

I guess this makes it equivalent to PowerDVD 8 in terms of Hi Def playback.

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mathias wrote: »

I got one of those LG's myself last week , PowerDVD 7 does play HD-DVD's but you need the Hi-Def patch , which you download from Cyberlink , you are prompted to do it as part of the install of the software on the disk supplied.

It throws up a screen saying if you dont download the patch then you wont be able to play some HD content , which is all fair enough , and of course you must register to get the patch.

I guess this makes it equivalent to PowerDVD 8 in terms of Hi Def playback.

The problem I had Mathias was that PowerDVD 7 did not play the latest version of Blu-ray discs even with the patch installed! HD-DVDs played fine...

mathias

It worked fine for me , Ive been playing all my blu rays and the two HD DVD's I have and there have been no problems.
What blu -ray titles wont it play for you ?