HP is planning to offer a hybrid HD DVD/Blu-ray optical drive for some of its build-to-order this week. An HP representative told Ars Technica that the new options will be available this Wednesday for ...

Dan over on UNEASYsilence has come up with a interesting way to get a cheap HD-DVD drive for a PC - by using the HD-DVD drive designed for an Xbox 360! So, how hard is it to hack the HD-DVD drive to ...

Almost a year ago at CES 2006, Bill Gates announced during his opening night keynote speech that an HD-DVD add-on drive would be released for the Xbox 360. That was back when we thought the ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Oh Microsoft. What were you thinking? When people point to Microsoft's biggest folly of the last hardware generation, they'll normally suggest either ...

Toshiba Brings World’s First Slim HD DVD Rewritable Drive to Mobile PCs; New HD DVD Rewrite Capabilities Turn Mobile PCs into Desktop Replacements with More Tools to Create High-Definition Content ...

Toshiba has brought the world it’s first HD DVD write drive while still supporting older formats, ie DVD and CD. A few sample drives of the SD-H903A will begin shipping out this month. It’s not the ...

The setup is a little weird, in that when you pop in the drive, it detects it and gives you the HD DVD menu update we saw from before. Unfortunately, it's not that easy (nor was support entirely ...

We can't deny feeling a little rush of excitement when we first learned that LG would be releasing an optical drive that could handle both Blu-ray and HD DVD discs -- like many fence-sitters, we see ...

Microsoft has been busy rolling out games, Xbox Live updates, and new console accessories all season long to keep the Xbox 360 from being forgotten during all the PlayStation 3 and Wii launch mayhem.

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. NEC Corp. recently announced development of technology ...

Microsoftâs external HD-DVD drive for Xbox 360 will not be available in Asia, according to reports quoting sources from Microsoft Taiwan. While the peripheral is set to launch at the end of this year ...

Microsoft will stop making external HD DVD drives for its Xbox 360 game console, but won’t say whether it will offer a Blu-ray Disc drive instead. The company will continue to provide warranty and ...