Addonics Announces Optical Solution that Bridges Blu-ray and HD DVD Formats

[Shane]

Addonics Technologies today announced its Zebra Blu-ray / HD DVD Player an optical storage solution that allows your PC to play Blu-ray and HD DVD movies from the same tray.

The Zebra Blu-ray / HD DVD Player also plays standard DVDs and CDs in various file formats and burns DVD±R/RW and CDRW media, which makes it one of the most flexible optical drives available. Users can turn their laptop or desktop computer into a high definition movie player and enjoy high definition video quality of 1080p format at 1920x1080 resolution and the dynamic 7.1-channel audio output that comes with the Blu-ray or HD DVD format.

Addonics has...

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[BuddAdams]

This is an interesting development, however, I fear that the probable complexity of playing either HD format, for me, argues against it,of course, depending upon reviews. As one of the minority HDTV owners with a Windows PC directly connected to a full Home Theater, I am probably one of the prime targets of this development. However, the switching, with a 10 year old Denon 7.1 capable AVR, already makes me the sole theater, CD, DVD, Satellite, PC music, operator. Adding the Addonics with all its probable complexity, appears to me to be one layer to many. Right now, I'm favoring 2 players as the easiest to trouble shoot and operate, and a new Sony receiver with 6 HDMI inputs. I blame Microsoft for guiding us into this swamp, with their user hostile operating system, but I don't know if the Apple I left when they canned Bill Jobs, would be any better.