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Lite-On DH-4O1S-08 Blu-Ray DVD-ROM Drive $115 at ZipZoomFly
ZipZoomFly.com has the Lite-On DH-4O1S-08 Blu-Ray DVD-ROM Drive for $135 - $20 rebate = $115 with free shipping. It functions as a 12X DVD-ROM and 32X CD-ROM as well. SATA interface.
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#1
putzzz - Posted 2:19 pm PDT 05/23/08 (21 Posts)
I believe this is the same drive without the rebate hassle at frys.com http://shop4.frys.com/product/5479679?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG
#2
ktyman - Posted 2:32 pm PDT 05/23/08 (192 Posts)
The fact that HTPC which can smoothly play Blu-Ray with this drive requires quite good hardwares is too sad for me. I built additional computer with unused parts (but with good sound card) as HTPC in order to play Divx and DVD, but its perfomance is not good enough to play Blu-Ray.
#3
mgee741 - Posted 2:38 pm PDT 05/23/08 (13 Posts)
how much are the blank blu-ray disk?
#4
Sebenza - Posted 2:39 pm PDT 05/23/08 (366 Posts)
#3 this is a reader only not a burnner.
#5
nightowl - Posted 2:52 pm PDT 05/23/08 (623 Posts)
#1, $5 less in Fry's B&M in Northern California.
#6
nolonemo - Posted 3:32 pm PDT 05/23/08 (843 Posts)
Has to come down another $20 for me S/F, if anyone cares.
#7
bhunter - Posted 5:40 pm PDT 05/23/08 (73 Posts)
#2 All you need is a resonable GPU (like ATI 3450 based which is about 50$ now days) to get more out of your HTPC with this drive.
#8
ktyman - Posted 5:54 pm PDT 05/23/08 (192 Posts)
#7, thanks for the tip. What about CPU and ram?
The CPU of my shitty HTPC is 1.7GHz celeron, and the ram is only 512mb. I haven't had a problem in playing DivX and DVD surely.
The CPU of my shitty HTPC is 1.7GHz celeron, and the ram is only 512mb. I haven't had a problem in playing DivX and DVD surely.
#9
grimfand - Posted 8:35 pm PDT 05/23/08 (278 Posts)
#7 that cpu wont be fast enough unfortuantely. the decryption process is very cpu intensive if you play it directly off the disc and graphics card doesnt help here, it just does the decode of the video. if you rip the disc to the drive first and have a graphics card that offloads the decode completely(like the ati card suggested above) then cpu requirements drop. geforce 8500/8600 also offloads hd playback.
#10
jamezli - Posted 8:36 pm PDT 05/23/08 (13 Posts)
very reliable drive
#11
GODzillaSDM - Posted 9:04 pm PDT 05/23/08 (399 Posts)
in addition fry's does not require MIR
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