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Only now are we seeing a raft of combo drives that support HD DVD and
Blu-ray, despite HD DVD collapsing a few months ago.
It can take months or years to develop a drive, so manufacturers who thought
they were being cunning a while back now have products with limited extra
appeal.
Buffalo’s
external USB drive can write to
Blu-ray
blanks at 6x, read
HD
DVDs at 3x and write to DVDs at 16x. In testing we couldn’t manage above 12x
and we’re also not aware of 6x Blu-ray media yet.
It also expensive and rather long, measuring 28cm deep, but it is well made
and has two easily accessible open-door buttons.