Plextor introduces two new combo optical drives, PX-B300SA and PX-B920SA that supports both HD DVD and Blu-ray.

The first drive, PX-B300SA, is actually a DVD write while it can also play Blu-ray and HD DVD discs. With 4MB buffer, PX-B300SA writes DVD+/-R at 16x, DVD+/-R DL …

HomeTheater Mag has reviewed LG BH200, a HD DVD / Blu-ray Dual format player. LG BH200 is a player that can play both HD DVD and Blu-ray High Definition Video discs. It comes with also an Ethernet jack and USB port.

Conclusion from HomeTheater Mag:
- Stunning image from Blu-ray and HD DVD discs
- Superb video processing makes this an excellent upconverting player
- The convenience of one machine that will play all the most widely available SD and HD video discs
- Seriously limited in its ability to play back the newest, high resolution audio codecs
- Playback gamma is atypical
- Expensive

Samsung is going to ship its DB-UP5000 HD DVD / Blu-Ray dual format player in mid-to0late Decemeber 2007. The dual format player will be priced at $799 USD.

That is, until you consider the combined cost of a $499 $399 PS3 …

Toshiba announced the new RD-A301, a HD-DVD and HDD recorder. The Toshiba RD-A301 has a 300GB hard drive built-in and it can record HD Videos on HD-DVD or on the 300GB hard drive. Actually, it can also record on DVD and …

Toshiba is preparing the new Vardia RD-RX7 HD DVD recorder with integrated hard drive. The Toshiba Vardia RD-RX7 can record HD videos to not only HD DVD, hard drive but also DVD.
Apparently Toshiba can even fit about 2 hours of HD …

Toshiba announces the new HD-EP30 and HD-EP35 HD DVD players. Both HD-EP30 and HD-EP35 supports 1080p full HD with 24fps playback, and REGZA-Link through HDMI. They features also supports for Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD and DTS HD audio formats, and they can …

Samsung offers two new Blu-ray players, the Samsung BD-P2400 and BD-P1400. Both of them support ‘playback at native HD resolution (1080p / 1080i / 720p), handle HD video at 1920 x 1080, and up-convert standard DVDs to 1080p via HDMI’.

One of the unique …

LG presents the GGW-H10NI, a optical drive that wrtie Blu-ray discs and reads HD DVD discs. LG GGW-H10NI can write BD-R at 4x and BD-R DL, BD-RE DL at 2x. It can also writes DVD-R(DL), DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW and CD-R/RW.

The GGW-H10NI can also read …

Toshiba announced the SD-L912A, a new HD DVD burner for notebook PCs. The Toshiba SD-L912A can write HD DVD-R at 2x, HD DVD-RW at 1x and HD DVD-R/RW Dual Layer at 1x.

Toshiba SD-L912A can write also DVD-RAM, DVD-R/RW/R Dual Layer, DVD+R/RW/R Dual Layer and of course CD-R/RW. It has 8MB buffer and connects via ATAPI interface.

Samsung announed the Duo HD Player BD-UP5000 supporting both Blu-ray and HD DVD discs. It is the second hybrid HD player after the LG BH100.

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