Toshiba has unveiled one of the first HD-DVD burners for the PC, dubbed the SD-H903A.
It writes to HD-DVD discs at a scarily slow 1x, and also manages to write to DVD +/- R, DVD-RAM, DVD +/- RW, CD-R, and CD-RW. Phew! It also has an 8MB buffer for reliable writing - although with HD-DVD writing, you could possibly use a bit more.
HD-DVD discs can store up to 30GB on a dual-layer disc.
It will play HD-DVD movies that are encoded with HDCP copy protection. However, if you just want to playback movies, a cheaper option is probably going to be to hack apart the Xbox 360 HD-DVD add-on drive, which is just a 5.25" drive in a USB case.
There are no prices as of yet, but expected it to cost a good few hundred quid.
Do you fancy having HD-DVD as a backup option? With the recent news that the AACS copy protection has been cracked, do you fancy becoming an HD pirate? Let us know your thoughts over in the forums.
It writes to HD-DVD discs at a scarily slow 1x, and also manages to write to DVD +/- R, DVD-RAM, DVD +/- RW, CD-R, and CD-RW. Phew! It also has an 8MB buffer for reliable writing - although with HD-DVD writing, you could possibly use a bit more.
HD-DVD discs can store up to 30GB on a dual-layer disc.
It will play HD-DVD movies that are encoded with HDCP copy protection. However, if you just want to playback movies, a cheaper option is probably going to be to hack apart the Xbox 360 HD-DVD add-on drive, which is just a 5.25" drive in a USB case.
There are no prices as of yet, but expected it to cost a good few hundred quid.
Do you fancy having HD-DVD as a backup option? With the recent news that the AACS copy protection has been cracked, do you fancy becoming an HD pirate? Let us know your thoughts over in the forums.
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