As Blu-ray technology slowly crawls its way into the public conscience, this month sees the release of LG's effort, the GBW H10N internal Blu-ray drive.
The GBW H10N boasts the fastest Blu-ray write speed of 4X, as well as writing to existing DVD formats at speeds of up to 12x. LG's Super Multi Blue technology means this drive not only caters for the new BD format, but is also fully backwards compatible enabling it to read and write all three current DVD formats (DVD, DVD±R, DVD±RW, and DVD-RAM).
The GBW H10N will sell for a hefty £499 on its release this month, but hopefully the more Blu-ray drives that emerge the more prices will come down.
More information: LG Electronics products
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| Write speed: BD-R 4x, BD-RE 2xDVD-R 12x (SL/DL), CVD-R (DL 6x), DVD-RW 6x, DVD-RAM 3-5x, DVD+R 12x, DVD+R DL 12x, DVD+RW 8x, CD-R 8x, CD-RW 10x DVD-R. |
| Read Speed: BD-R 4x, BD-RE 2x, DVD-R 10x, CVD-R DL 6x, DVD-RW 10x, DVD-RAM 3x-5x, DVD+R 10x, DVD+R DL 10x, DVD+RW 10x, CD-R 40x, CD-RW 40x
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| Date Transfer Rate: BD-Rom 172.632 MBytes/s (4.8x) max, CD-Rom 6,000 KB/s (40x) max, DVD-Rom: Max 22.16 Mbytes/s |
| Access Time: BD-ROM: 172.632 ms CD-ROM: 170 ms, DVD-ROM: 180 ms, DVD-RAM: 190 ms |
| Buffer Size: 4MB BD, 2MB CD/DVD |
| Interface type: ATAPI
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Compatible Formats: All DVD formats |
| WxDxH (mm): 148x42x5
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O/S: Windows XP Home Edition, Professional, Media Centre Edition |
| Storage: Up to 25GB
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