Hi,

All the PC combo drives I've seen announced are also BR writers. Has anyone heard of any read-only combo drives, which will presumably reach sane retail prices in less time?

Good thought. I'd snatch one up south of $500.

In my searching it's noticable how limited product has shipped despite all the announcents. Licensing issues? Waiting for Vista DRM?

Can't wait for one of these. Paired with a GPU like the new ATI HD cards and a Core 2 Duo it would make a very nice and reasonable priced DF player. I'm not interested in writing until blanks read DVD DL prices or lower.

Yeah, I'm also looking for a dual format player for a PC so I can build up a HTPC system. Don't care about writing at all (if i was going to do that I'd write to my media share not to a small disc). Anyone actually spot one (model #) on the market yet?

Hi,

All the PC combo drives I've seen announced are also BR writers. Has anyone heard of any read-only combo drives, which will presumably reach sane retail prices in less time?
No BD/HD DVD combo ROM drives as of yet.

^^ any news on this topic yet? Inquiring minds want to know.

Supposedly the LG GGC-H20N and GGC-H20LI have been released, but they still aren't available anywhere. Anybody know anything about what's going on with these?

I suspect PC manufacturers and makers of external peripherals are sucking up all the supply. Anybody?

thanks for the part # found this
http://gizmodo.com/assets/resources/2007/07/GGW-H20LI.jpg (http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/lg/%0Asecond-gen-lg-hybrid-hd-optical-drives-ggw+h20li-and-ggc+h20li%0A-280550.php)

Hopefully we'll see them on the market soon!

Supposedly the LG GGC-H20N and GGC-H20LI have been released, but they still aren't available anywhere. Anybody know anything about what's going on with these?

I suspect PC manufacturers and makers of external peripherals are sucking up all the supply. Anybody?

They are out in Japan.

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=906388

Here is an article when the drives were first announced.

http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/07/19/lgs-2nd-gen-super-multi-blue-blu-ray-hd-dvd-hybrid-drives-and/

The dual format reader is supposed to be $400 and the one that writes BDs costs $500.

These drives will pave the way for more combo-PC drives from other companies and help push the cost down for standalone players.

That is why I tell everyone no matter what side they are on, to feel confident with their disc purchases because a year or 2 from now, almost all hardware will read both formats.