John, have you seen the pictures of the Samsung standalone player they opened a week or two ago? BTW, there is a lot more difference than a simple laser-pickup change. The processing power needed is substantially more. Both the Blu-ray and HD-DVD players are not much more than a computer in their own right.
BTW, this newsbit isn't about the standalone players, but the actual drives themselves meant for personal computers. What is amazing is that the 4X came out before I could even see the 2X on the shelves to buy. And I keep reading newsbits about HD-DVD writeable media without having seen the first HD-DVD writer available.
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John, have you seen the pictures of the Samsung standalone player they opened a week or two ago? BTW, there is a lot more difference than a simple laser-pickup change. The processing power needed is substantially more. Both the Blu-ray and HD-DVD players are not much more than a computer in their own right.
BTW, this newsbit isn't about the standalone players, but the actual drives themselves meant for personal computers. What is amazing is that the 4X came out before I could even see the 2X on the shelves to buy. And I keep reading newsbits about HD-DVD writeable media without having seen the first HD-DVD writer available.