Inteset stuffs HD DVD / Blu-ray combo drive in media PCs

Currently, there's just not a whole lot of options when you're scouting a pre-fabricated rig that does both HD DVD and Blu-ray on a single optical drive, but adding one more to mix certainly helps. Enter Inteset, which has just announced that an HD DVD / Blu-ray combo drive will be an option in the firm's Maximus and Denzel media server systems. The machines will reportedly come loaded with CyberLink's PowerDVD Ultra software, support 7.1-channel surround sound, and sport an array of ports including audio in / out, DVI / VGA / component / S-Video, USB, FireWire, and antenna inputs for the TV tuners. 'Course, since the company recommends that you "contact a dealer for pricing," you should assume that this here HTPC won't run you cheap.

[paloooz @ Jul 27th 2007 12:05PM]

[Cue the "omg let HD-DVD die already" comments.]

[Chuckles McGee @ Jul 27th 2007 12:27PM]

Omgggg let HD-DVD die already!!

[ferry @ Jul 27th 2007 12:10PM]

Who the hell pays the money for these things. A bluray drive is £150, xbox 360 HD-DVD is about £99, a 8500GT is £60, PoerDVD ultra is $99 and it will all run fine and dandy on a cheapo single core P4.

[ET @ Jul 27th 2007 12:39PM]

But a good black metallic case cost $100 - $250 on newegg.

[Lewis @ Jul 27th 2007 1:43PM]

Yeah, I saw these guys down at EHX last year. They promise their custom installers 40-50 points and I think their base models run $10k ish. So, yeah, just buy two drives...

[Josh @ Jul 27th 2007 8:39PM]

Did anyone else think incest when glancing over the article?

[Diddle @ Jul 28th 2007 2:54PM]

Am I the only one who finds it amusing that the inset photo (showing the 2 logos) is almost the same size as the normal photo? Apparently someone doesn't understand how insets work. :p