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09-24-2007, 03:35 AM
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Ultra Techie Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 503
|  Blu-Ray IDE Drives... Your thoughts?
Hey guys,
A work colleague mentioned to me today that he was seeing Blu_ray IDE drives for like $400AUD (This only reads however, doesn't burn to blu-ray).
I found a Pioneer one,
Pioneer BDC-S02 Blu-ray Reader - $419.00AUD
At the moment I have an ASUS 22" Widescreen Monitor which I watch alot of movies on, it's connected through the DVI Input (Which I'm told is equivalent to HDMI for conventional LCD TV's).
Do you think this would be worth it? and would I even get the FULL HD experience with a monitor like that... Full high defintion being 1080P, I would have only expected 720P. And if it did only support 720P, would a difference really be noticable?
Cheers.
Michael.
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09-24-2007, 07:48 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: New York City Posts: 12,158
| Re: Blu-Ray IDE Drives... Your thoughts?
Blue-Ray anything is not worth it, at the moment. They're highly overpriced, for what they offer. $400 for a reader? That's just ridiculous. Most 22" might say they support 1080p, but their most common native resolution, is 1680 x 1050. Anything outside of that, 1080p (1920 x 1080) for example, would make the picture look blurry.
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09-24-2007, 07:57 AM
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Master Techie Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Australia Posts: 2,834
| Re: Blu-Ray IDE Drives... Your thoughts?
agreed with b1gapl, blu-ray = waste. $400 for a darn burner, you could buy vital parts for that price
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09-24-2007, 08:28 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: New York City Posts: 12,158
| Re: Blu-Ray IDE Drives... Your thoughts?
Actually he stated, that it only reads, and doesn't burn. So yea $400 for a reader, is nuts.
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09-24-2007, 10:04 AM
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Lord Techie Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 6,834
| Re: Blu-Ray IDE Drives... Your thoughts?
Not to mention that its IDE. Eww fat cables.
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09-24-2007, 03:06 PM
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Lord Techie Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 5,007
| Re: Blu-Ray IDE Drives... Your thoughts?
just get rounded theyre not that bad
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09-24-2007, 03:28 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 19,816
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Originally Posted by baron5  agreed with b1gapl, blu-ray = waste. $400 for a dam burner, you could buy vital parts for that price | your right.... and watch that language... or you may get an infraction man for Filter Bypassing (aka Inappropriate Language) fix it fast!! i don't want you getting one.. seeing that i got 2 already lol.... | |
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09-24-2007, 04:01 PM
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MetalHead Techie Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Minnesota Posts: 2,889
| Re: Blu-Ray IDE Drives... Your thoughts?
oops i might have done that a few times
how do you find out?
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09-24-2007, 04:03 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 19,816
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Originally Posted by Invisible oops i might have done that a few times
how do you find out? | don't worry about it if its a really old topic.. but if its active... i would go and edit it.. but if its more than 1 day old... your trapped...
but i think extremetech reviewed a cheap blu-ray drive... lemme go and find it... | |
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09-24-2007, 04:48 PM
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Lord Techie Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 6,834
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Heh i got nailed for bypassing the filter, but it was actually a typo. I was sad. | |
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