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They're good drives, and supposedly support 6X BD writing once the media is available.

Note to anyone with an NVidia NForce4 chipset, the SATA controller on your motherboard can't handle these drives. Later NVidia chipsets are find and Intels are fine.]]>Feb 8th 2008 12:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/07/plextor-releases-two-blu-ray-hd-dvd-combo-drives/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/07/plextor-releases-two-blu-ray-hd-dvd-combo-drives/Feb 8th 2008 12:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/07/plextor-releases-two-blu-ray-hd-dvd-combo-drives/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/07/plextor-releases-two-blu-ray-hd-dvd-combo-drives/Feb 8th 2008 12:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/07/plextor-releases-two-blu-ray-hd-dvd-combo-drives/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/07/plextor-releases-two-blu-ray-hd-dvd-combo-drives/
Sometimes firmware makes all the difference in the world.

Plextor is a shadow of their former self, they haven't made an exceptional drive in 2 years.]]>Feb 8th 2008 12:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/07/plextor-releases-two-blu-ray-hd-dvd-combo-drives/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/07/plextor-releases-two-blu-ray-hd-dvd-combo-drives/Feb 8th 2008 12:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/07/plextor-releases-two-blu-ray-hd-dvd-combo-drives/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/07/plextor-releases-two-blu-ray-hd-dvd-combo-drives/Feb 8th 2008 1:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/07/plextor-releases-two-blu-ray-hd-dvd-combo-drives/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/07/plextor-releases-two-blu-ray-hd-dvd-combo-drives/Feb 8th 2008 1:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/07/plextor-releases-two-blu-ray-hd-dvd-combo-drives/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/07/plextor-releases-two-blu-ray-hd-dvd-combo-drives/
The undisputed king of burners comes out with the combo drives!

That's my next buy.
]]>Feb 8th 2008 1:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/07/plextor-releases-two-blu-ray-hd-dvd-combo-drives/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/07/plextor-releases-two-blu-ray-hd-dvd-combo-drives/Feb 8th 2008 1:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/07/plextor-releases-two-blu-ray-hd-dvd-combo-drives/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/07/plextor-releases-two-blu-ray-hd-dvd-combo-drives/Feb 8th 2008 10:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/07/plextor-releases-two-blu-ray-hd-dvd-combo-drives/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/07/plextor-releases-two-blu-ray-hd-dvd-combo-drives/Feb 8th 2008 12:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/07/plextor-releases-two-blu-ray-hd-dvd-combo-drives/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/07/plextor-releases-two-blu-ray-hd-dvd-combo-drives/Mar 15th 2008 7:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/07/plextor-releases-two-blu-ray-hd-dvd-combo-drives/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/07/plextor-releases-two-blu-ray-hd-dvd-combo-drives/Feb 8th 2008 1:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/07/plextor-releases-two-blu-ray-hd-dvd-combo-drives/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/07/plextor-releases-two-blu-ray-hd-dvd-combo-drives/Feb 8th 2008 1:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/07/plextor-releases-two-blu-ray-hd-dvd-combo-drives/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/07/plextor-releases-two-blu-ray-hd-dvd-combo-drives/Worse still to add a SATA Blue Ray drive you need to pull out the fans and unscrew this and that to get access to a SATA port on the MB.
You don't get gaming because Jobs does not play. You do not get Blue Ray because Jobs does not use a computer for more than email. It's a one person company with a great design team. Leopard however is a major let down.
If you must buy one, then check out macrumors.com for their buying guide. It will tell you when to buy and when to wait. This saves you the pain of buying something obsolete within 30days. ]]>Feb 8th 2008 10:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/07/plextor-releases-two-blu-ray-hd-dvd-combo-drives/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/07/plextor-releases-two-blu-ray-hd-dvd-combo-drives/
PS: No one gives a shit about you buying a Mac. No one should promote mistakes.

Plextor used to make the best dvd/cd drives/burners, mainly because they "suposedly" use all metal parts, such as gears. Who knows whether that still matters, or whether they even still do.

Competition in the dual-format (or in fact any drive with next-gen formats) is always welcome. I'm personally waiting for them to hit 129 or around there. This wont be, thats for sure.]]>Feb 8th 2008 2:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/07/plextor-releases-two-blu-ray-hd-dvd-combo-drives/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/07/plextor-releases-two-blu-ray-hd-dvd-combo-drives/Feb 8th 2008 2:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/07/plextor-releases-two-blu-ray-hd-dvd-combo-drives/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/07/plextor-releases-two-blu-ray-hd-dvd-combo-drives/
Dual format isn't the future because there will be few to no HD-DVD discs to read soon, and HD-DVD writing never took off at all.]]>Feb 8th 2008 2:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/07/plextor-releases-two-blu-ray-hd-dvd-combo-drives/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/07/plextor-releases-two-blu-ray-hd-dvd-combo-drives/Feb 8th 2008 8:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/07/plextor-releases-two-blu-ray-hd-dvd-combo-drives/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/07/plextor-releases-two-blu-ray-hd-dvd-combo-drives/
And just because X number of combo drives will be sold doesn't make them "the future". I once bought a combo LaserDisc and DVD player because I had a lot of LaserDiscs and needed to be able to play them. That doesn't mean LD/DVD combo drives were the future.]]>Feb 8th 2008 12:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/07/plextor-releases-two-blu-ray-hd-dvd-combo-drives/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/07/plextor-releases-two-blu-ray-hd-dvd-combo-drives/Feb 8th 2008 3:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/07/plextor-releases-two-blu-ray-hd-dvd-combo-drives/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/07/plextor-releases-two-blu-ray-hd-dvd-combo-drives/
both formats will be dead in 10 years anyway
then the 4k or holgraphic discs will be out that the sheep can go crazy over

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