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Combined Blu-ray - HD DVD drive in some HP PCs

Hewlett Packard responded to the meaningless format war with a striking solution.

HP has announced that it will equip its Pavilion series desktops with an optical drive that can handle both Blu-ray and HD DVD media. The company says these PCs will be available for order within days.

Combined Blu-ray - HD DVD drive in some HP PCs

Perhaps the most important piece of information is that the optical drive is nothing more than a unit called the LG GGW-H10N, which functions as a DVD and Blu-ray burner as it can only read HD DVDs.

The technical data of the drive is shown in the following image:

Combined Blu-ray - HD DVD drive in some HP PCs

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