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New HD/DVD reader from Hitachi and Toshiba

Posted By: Ritu Srivastava | Jun 13 2007

Toshiba and Hitachi have launched the next generation, named DRM-infused media formats. Toshiba has launched the slimline laptop HD-DVD writer into its quite interesting territory. While Hitachi has launched an internal Blu-ray writing / HD DVD reading combo drive.

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The other drive is combination of HD and BD drive, which will also write dual layer (50GB) BD disks. It will do BD-R and BD-RW as well as all the DVD and CD formats, plus, minus and RAM. The only thing is that the drive will not do is HD-R and HD-RW.

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The GGW-H20N plays your favorite high-definition films on either format, and it can also burn 50GB dual-layer Blu-ray discs, BD-R, BD-RW, and the typical flavors of writable DVDs and CDs. The Hitachi drive comes with SATA interface and it is able to read next gen media at 6x and write them at 4x.

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Via: Engadget