OEM or retail LG blu player ?

[jtfab75]

as next weekend is a bank holiday i thought i would buy the LG blu ray optical drive.i see you can get OEM for around £82 and the retail (£200 at pc world).
which 1 would be the best to get and why ?
merci

 

[EndlessWaves]

OEM is just the drive, retail usually includes a fancy box, instruction manual and software.

If you can't find the retail cheaper than £200 I'd definitely go for OEM.

 

[ßeta]

Is not the one in PC World the LG Bluray Burner..?? You won't find that for £82 as an OEM Drive.

 

[John7]

The £200.00 one in PCW is a BURNER....was looking at it myself today.

The OEM one you are referring to is just a ROM drive.

 

[jtfab75]

thanks for the replys.i've decided on the OEM LG for £82.i thought at first it was a burner aswell but wasn't dissapointed that it didn't.
i'm happy with the dvd re-writer.

 

[deksawyer]

Scan have the retail version for £82.

If your outputing the audio via SPDIF, then it works like a charm, otherwise it'll only do 2 channel audio.

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=729076

Remember, free P&P to forum members as well.

D.

 

[barnclos]

If your outputing the audio via SPDIF, then it works like a charm, otherwise it'll only do 2 channel audio.

D.

I'm also interested in this drive: can you give me a little bit more info about SPDIF audio out. Would I get 5.1 (PCM)? Is it dependent upon the software (although PowerDVD seems to be used by just about everybody) which I used?

Cheers

 

[MajorCakey]

i would go for the oem and save the cash!

 

[jtfab75]

got from ccl yesterday (oem £84).plays dvd's fine just waiting for 2 blu-ray and hd dvd to arrive.

 

[haczynskyj]

First one rma'd but current working great