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Originally Posted by NackNack Does your MacBook drive also play HD-DVDs?
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Obviously not, but that doesn't mean the drive should be big & clumsy either. It's only 'reading' even, not burning.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD_DVD Quote:
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The data layer of an HD DVD disc is 0.6mm below the surface, akin to the common DVD. The numerical aperture of the optical pick-up head is 0.65, compared with 0.6 for DVD (a lower surface layer and numerical aperture allow for tighter focus and so increased data density). Both of the new formats are likely to be backward compatible with DVDs and both employ the same video compression techniques: MPEG-2, Video Codec 1 (VC1) and H.264/MPEG-4 AVC.
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It uses a blue laser intead of red. They just narrowed the focus. There's no excuse really on the size issue except one only, that usual bug-bear, cost.
Nintendo can fit slot loader, yet it's a cheaper console.
I find it hard sometimes locating the disc in the tray & worry about scratching the data side too with the 360 being dodgy with scratches. They didn't even put 0.0001p buffer pads in the upper lid of the 360 drive either, so as many peeps found out, the slightest knock would cause disc scratches. The Xbox 1 drives had the buffers, go figure.
Oh, yeah, nearly forgot, depending on the HD DVD, yeah my Macbook would read it yes. Just noticed on the link lol.