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HP joins HD bandwagon: Blu-Ray/HD-DVD combo drive coming soon
Posted May 7, 2007 at 4:52PM EST by QJ Staff

 Listed in: Tags: CNET, gaming accessories, Hewlett-Packard, Sony, Toshiba
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It's nothing new to the forefront in the high definition format wars. Samsung accomplished the same with their own BD-UP5000 - a decent marriage between Toshiba's HD-DVD and Sony's Blu-Ray. But it seems that hybrid drives (or combo drives as the techie world would like to put it) are the safest bet for everyone.

Features of the alleged HP Blu-Ray - HD-DVD combo drive - Image 1 


Enter Hewlett-Packard, a consumer and business computer solutions provider. They may lead in the printer camp, but they aren't any slackers in the PC camp either...well, not awful slackers, for the most part. According to a report by CNET News, HP will be sporting a HD-DVD and Blu-Ray internal drive for PCs in two models of their Pavilion line.

The Pavilion Media Center m8010y and the Pavilion d4890y will both sport a "triple writer, dual read" drive, come May 9, 2007. The drive is currently being offered as an optional drive for both systems, but there has yet to be a mention of it's model number, pricing and upgrade options for older Pavilions (including laptops) with HD-DVD drives.

Via CNET News

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# im — Guest 2007-05-08 07:20
Im sorry but we know that Blu-ray has already one the format war with the huge majority of support from manufactures like Panosonic and Samsung along with the movie industry like Sony Pictures and Disney. Plus the added fact that the PS3 plays Blu-ray discs.





There is no point in getting a combo which costs more than a blu-ray player and burner if we know that bluray has won anyway. This should have been out much earlier to make any difference.

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# hmm — Guest 2007-05-08 10:49
hmmm Well I could buy this with a Blu-Ray player and burner in it along with a HD-DVD player for only $1000 or.... I could buy the new Blu-Ray burner and player drives that are coming out for only $299 ..... hmm which too choose.....

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# and get more... — Guest 2007-05-09 10:15
No Kidding!



Or an even better question... Should I buy a HD-DVD Player for $499 or a Blue-Ray Player for $599 (that comes with an awesome Gaming System)?

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