And so the war starts

We knew it would happen soon, but man was that quick. Manufactures of optical drives already have out new versions that will read Blu-Ray and HD DVD.  Pioneer released early this week its first volley into the battle with the BRD-101A, capable of producing Blu-Ray disks. NEC returned fire with its first HD DVD drive, the HR-1100A. Both of the drives can do their respective high capacity disks, but unlike the Pioneer, the NEC can read CDs too. Sweet. Both are going to hit the streets around $600.

This is going to be a long war folks.

[via Engadget]

EDIT: Good catch on the spelling of Blu-Ray. 
 

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 31st 2005 6:03PM]

According to the comments on Engadget for the NEC drive, it isn't a burner.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 31st 2005 6:47PM]

You dummies spelled Blu-Ray wrong. The bad part is that you have the icon right next to the story. HD Beat...c'mon

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 5th 2005 5:55PM]

I love the link on Pioneer directs you to Pioneer Seeds not for the electronic company. That is a classic