Re: HD DVD drives for linux?

In article <-ICdnT-yUsE7qiHanZ2dnUVZ_uTinZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxx>,
schvantzkopf@xxxxxxxxx (General Schvantzkopf) writes:

On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:57:24 +0000, Jack Snodgrass wrote:

Now that the HD DVD / Blu-Ray format war is decided, HD DVD stuff
should be getting dumped pretty soon now.

I'd like to see if I can get a CHEAP HD DVD Drive connected up to my
linux pc so that I can view some cheap HD DVD movies once they get
sold off.

Does anyone know what our ( linux ) options are for doing this? I'm
looking for something that can be hooked up via the ide, usb, sata,
etc ports... and has linux drivers.

Thanks - jack

There were hardly any HD DVD drives on the market, Newegg has 1 for
$100 and it's an IDE drive.

Yesterday in a local store I saw an LG drive that would read HD and
Blu-Ray, and read/write DVD+/-R[W] and CD-ROM, for just over $200.
I think it had a SATA interface.

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