First Blu-ray disc drive won’t play Blu-ray movies

Vikingod · Aug 11, 2006, 03:47 PM

Source: c|net
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The first Blu-ray (BD) disc drive for desktop PCs is here, but be warned -- it won't play commercial BD movies.

Sony officially announced its BWU-100A product at its "Experience More 2006" event in Sydney yesterday, all the while acknowledging that there's significant room for improvement before the product is viable for integration into media centre PCs.

Vincent Bautista, Sony's product manager for data storage, told CNET.com.au that due to copy protection issues and lagging software development, the drive will only play user-recorded high-definition content from a digital camcorder, and not commercial movies released under the BD format.

Vikingod · Aug 11, 2006, 03:49 PM

?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ???????????????????????

...does anyone smell beta-max, or is that mini-disks... nah, i guess its blu-ray...(love the hyphen)

***craig5320*** · Aug 11, 2006, 03:52 PM

Tightening the noose.

Lelisevis · Aug 12, 2006, 01:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Vikingod

?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ???????????????????????

...does anyone smell beta-max, or is that mini-disks... nah, i guess its blu-ray...(love the hyphen)

Don't forget UMD (coming from a PSP owner).

CDsDontBurn · Aug 14, 2006, 08:54 AM

hmm......good old beta vs. VHS battle re-done

this time, it's coming in blue-ray vs. HD-DVD format

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my money is on HD-DVD

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Zeph · Aug 14, 2006, 08:35 PM

O_o
Why would you buy a Blu-ray drive this early if it wouldn't play movies? Especially since the individual disks are like 25 bucks each?????

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Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,197 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ??????????????????????? ...does anyone smell beta-max, or is that mini-disks... nah, i guess its blu-ray...(love the hyphen)

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Zeph DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 190 Rep Power: 0	O_o Why would you buy a Blu-ray drive this early if it wouldn't play movies? Especially since the individual disks are like 25 bucks each?????