Review: LiteON iHOS104 Blu-Ray drive

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Review: LiteON iHOS104 Blu-Ray drive



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Looking to build a new entertainment PC, or wanting to add some new life to your aging HTPC? Blu-Ray is just what the doctor ordered, and LiteON is looking to help you out, by adding the LiteON iHOS104 4x Blu-Ray Disc Reader to their lineup. This multi-disc reader, will play CD's, Upscale your DVD's, and display the 1080p goodness of Blu-Ray discs on your PC. How about all of that for well under a c-note? Click here (http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/frontpage/?q=node/435) to continue reading.

[mtekk]

I have the 8x version, iHOS108 and it's a pretty good drive. My first BluRay, and first SATA drive. No qualms except Windows 7 media center does not natively support bluray :(, which is not the drive's fault.

[Oneslowz28]

This drive is $49 this weekend only on Newegg.com

[OvRiDe]

No qualms except Windows 7 media center does not natively support bluray :(, which is not the drive's fault.

I figure it's just a matter of time before they will be able to add native support in Win 7. I remember back in the days when DVD came out, it took a while before WMP could play them. One thing I did notice is that at least WMC is smart enough to launch the PowerDVD app for you, so you don't have to exit out of WMC.


This drive is $49 this weekend only on Newegg.com

That is one sweet deal. If you have an HTPC that is capable of handling it AND you don't already have a Blu-Ray player, I highly recommend it. :up:

[Drum Thumper]

Where's the install pics? :P