Video Asylum

Posted by 4season (A) on July 23, 2007 at 08:55:04

Link to article "Second Gen LG Hybrid HD Optical Drives (GGW-H20LI and GGC-H20LI)" follows.

The GGW-H20li ($500) looks particularly interesting as it reads and writes CD, DVD and Blu-Ray, including B-D dual layer, up to 50 gb capacity. HD DVD capability is read-only.

That being said, it may or may not replace the standard DVD drive in your computer if, like me, you use your DVD drive as an all-region player: I tried getting libdvdcss working with a Blu-Ray drive this weekend but had no luck, even with regular DVD playback. Maybe I ran afoul of the drive's AACS support? So now I have an excuse to get a Mac Pro, with it's support for dual internal optical drives...

• http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/lg/second-gen-lg-hybrid-hd-optical-drives-ggw+h20li-and-ggc+h20li-280550.php   (Open in New Window)