Posted by Mal F on 01/08/08 12:11

In article <5u9emtF1gqumaU1@mid.individual.net>, peterstonesfcuk@thespam
says...
> I know it's hard to crystal ball it and say never but I don't think I'll
> ever bother with Blu-Ray or HD-DVD unless I buy it by mistake as something
> bundled with something else. They'll have you flipping your collection till
> the end of time if you keep stumping up the cash for every new format they
> can think of. Roll on fibre to the house and a £20 per month all you can
> eat film subscription!
>
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> RCE Defiant
>
>

At the end of last year, I decided to pick up the combo blu ray & hd-dvd
reader/dvd writer that LG makes and shoved it in an external SATA
optical drive case with eSATA & USB2.

Works great with my PC using PowerDVD Ultra, although the monitor is
only a 22" 1680x1050 one, but I'll be forking out for a 1080p tv in 5
month's time.

Only buying films that I really, really want for it though and decided
that I'll mainly go for Blu Ray as I thought it'll have the most chance
of success, except where the HD-DVD also has a DVD layer (so if both
disappear I'll still be able to watch them - albeit at standard
definition. Though I suspect some sort of combo drive will be available
for a while to come.

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