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11-04-2007, 01:21 AM
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a clean slate Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Embrun ontario canada. Posts: 5,754
|  blu ray/ hddvd drives?
ok so im orderign some new parts, to play some new games, with my old peices im makign a media center pc, i want it to be compatible with my hd tv so i wanted to pick up a hd-dvd drive aswell as a blueray drive, so i dotn have to buy borth the players for around 600/900 dollars.
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11-04-2007, 01:31 AM
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Console Gamer Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 2,612
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i know you can buy the 360 hd dvd add on and it works with your computer, i havent been keeping up with the drives but last time i checked they were alot more expensive then that for what $175?
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11-04-2007, 08:14 AM
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Try again! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Ohio Posts: 896
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11-04-2007, 08:18 AM
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Ultra Techie Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Brisbane, QLD, Australia Posts: 636
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wait... why are you getting hd-dvd and a blu-ray drive? just get a blu-ray drive and it will read everything from cd to dvd to hd-dvd to blu-ray discs.
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11-04-2007, 10:02 AM
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lolwut? Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,106
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if i remember right, bluray drives wont read hddvd. Why would they? they are competing formats
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11-04-2007, 10:35 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 19,822
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Originally Posted by taintedplay  if i remember right, bluray drives wont read hddvd. Why would they? they are competing formats | they are... I don't know where he got the idea that Blu-Ray drives read their biggest competitor.. | 
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11-04-2007, 10:41 AM
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Lord Techie Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Oxford, UK Posts: 6,355
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Originally Posted by Amd gt player ok so im orderign some new parts, to play some new games, with my old peices im makign a media center pc, i want it to be compatible with my hd tv so i wanted to pick up a hd-dvd drive aswell as a blueray drive, so i dotn have to buy borth the players for around 600/900 dollars. | i also recommend getting a nice media GPU like a 8400GS or 2400 pro
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11-04-2007, 10:57 AM
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lolwut? Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,106
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unless your currently using bluray or hddvd, i dont reccomend starting at the moment. neither format has 'won' yet as the standard, and current movies are barely better. I have a 42inch 720p hd tv and my regular dvd's look great. Im using a dvd player that has hd cables though.
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11-04-2007, 12:24 PM
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The Water Cooling Guru Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: San Luis Obispo, CA Posts: 5,036
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You can get an hdd for something like 200 bucks as a set top box.
Blu-ray is still expensive and the cheapest way to buy into it is with a ps3.
IMHO its all just a waste.
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11-04-2007, 12:55 PM
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a clean slate Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Embrun ontario canada. Posts: 5,754
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Originally Posted by gurusan i also recommend getting a nice media GPU like a 8400GS or 2400 pro | im giving him my 7950 gt if i cant sell it. i think il pick up that bluray/hddvd drive by lg, now for a sound card.
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