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Originally Posted by rimmep1 It is, but at least it contains its own power supply! It's got a certain hardback book look about it - but hey, if it plays HD-DVDs and the price is right, I'm sold.
This isn't your bog-standard drive at home - it's new technology. HD-DVD laptop drives are like dodo eggs at the moment, I doubt anyone will see them in mainstream PC retail until at least Q3 next year. Toshiba laptops shipping with these drives are in the £2500 price region.
Tosh is aiming for the big HD-DVD push in Europe this Autumn. They'll be making these PC-type HD-DVD drives by the truck-load and hoping that the XBOX360 add-on will help them establish a foothold in this barmy 'format war'. |
Obviously it's not a bog standard drive, but physically the mechanics employed for reading the disc are the same as always for dvd sized platters. It's size
is way off the mark, there's simply no denying it. It could of been a slot loader like my mac even, but then it's cost, even the 360's drive is crap as well.
This 360 HD drive is even bigger than the standard format 5.25" it will need to be to fit in a PC or external case that also has a power supply.
The only differences should be in the laser and video board which shouldn't be barely larger (especially the laser).
I'm not actually intending to buy it anyway, I'll be buying a dedicated HD player for my cinema, but that doesn't mean I couldn't care less about the 360 add on player. True AV cinema nuts will require something slightly quieter than a 360 and no doubt better performance & possibly multi-region plays a part too. With the 360's security still not properly hacked this will undoubtably be a factor too.