Blu-ray

[LarryK]

where are the Blu-ray internal drives that just play blue-ray movies similar to the standard DVD/CD ROM drives that just play movies and install stuff. Thats all i want and for cheaper to! +)

 

[Oyeve]

I dont think the recordable function costs much more than just a player. Plus, who would not want to be able to record 25+gigs of data?

 

[corkyg]

There are several players, but all external. I don't think internals have much of a market. You are possibly an exception to the rule.

BRP

 

[DaveSimmons]

The laser diode price has dropped sharply, and the other parts of the drive has as well, but I'd guess mass market reader-only drives are at least a year away.

It's hard to tell whether cheap readers will arrive before cheap burner/readers, since the burners are useful to people for backups and transfers of larger data sets even at prices that no one will pay for a reader.

 

[BladeVenom]

Just get a HD-DVD replacement drive for the 360 Player. Those have been on clearance sales for as little as $70.

 

[jkresh]

there will be a $300 cd/dvd recorder and blue ray player released sometime in the next month or two (I cant remember which brand), however considering that a recorder is already at below $500 I am not sure if $300 for the player is that great a deal (because if blue ray looses the format war then the player is just a dvd recorder, while the recorder still lets you back up to fairly large disks (though admittedly if blue ray looses then bd-r's and bd-re's will become even harder to find then they are now). If you just want to watch high definition movies on your pc then the hd-dvd drive for the 360 is the cheapest way to go (or an internal replacement one if you don't care about support).

 

[XMan]

Originally posted by: jkresh
there will be a $300 cd/dvd recorder and blue ray player released sometime in the next month or two (I cant remember which brand), however considering that a recorder is already at below $500 I am not sure if $300 for the player is that great a deal (because if blue ray looses the format war then the player is just a dvd recorder, while the recorder still lets you back up to fairly large disks (though admittedly if blue ray looses then bd-r's and bd-re's will become even harder to find then they are now). If you just want to watch high definition movies on your pc then the hd-dvd drive for the 360 is the cheapest way to go (or an internal replacement one if you don't care about support).

Pioneer.

 

[cmdrdredd]

Originally posted by: Oyeve
I dont think the recordable function costs much more than just a player. Plus, who would not want to be able to record 25+gigs of data?

I don't want to buy expensive disks so having just the player would be nice.

 

[LarryK]

good idea with the 360 i will look into that thanks! ever sence flash drives and large portable flash drives 120GB WD i have seen no need for disc but then agin I don't back up Huge amounts of data

 

[Ichigo]

Originally posted by: cmdrdredd

Originally posted by: Oyeve
I dont think the recordable function costs much more than just a player. Plus, who would not want to be able to record 25+gigs of data?

I don't want to buy expensive disks so having just the player would be nice.

Except... you're buying a BD drive. You'll be paying for expensive disks whether they be games or movies anyways. o_o