HTPC ( Good News) Lg Bluray drive @ Rs 4990/- MRP

[mandeep]

Hello friends,

GOOD NEWS

Today i saw LG BH12LS38 LG Super Multi Blue optical drive at a computer shop here in chandigarh for Rs 4000/- (MRP 4990/-)

Now building a HTPC will become more economical.

Regards

 

[haisaikat]

I purchased one LG BD Writer 2 weeks back from newegg.com and shipped via iccworld shopabroadonline service. It took me INR 6047 all inclusive of item price, shipping and customs (20%).

 

[s_sachin]

I got a blu ray RW drive in my htpc and I only use to rip my music CD's

If you have your movie collection in files like I do, invest that money in an HDD and get a dvd writer instead

btw i own only 1 blu ray disc

 

[mandeep]

I got a blu ray RW drive in my htpc and I only use to rip my music CD's

If you have your movie collection in files like I do, invest that money in an HDD and get a dvd writer instead

btw i own only 1 blu ray disc

This LG can also play 3D content so it seems to be a very good buy, and also has a 12x write speed for Bluray media.

 

[haisaikat]

In fact now I regret for not checking LG site, I bought the same one for 5.5K LG BH12LS38

 

[manniraj]

This LG can also play 3D content so it seems to be a very good buy, and also has a 12x write speed for Bluray media.

In fact any blu-ray drive with a minimum of 4x read speed can play 3D blu-ray disc. There are no specific 3D blu-ray drives AFAIK. This differentiation is only in blu-ray players.

Thanks.

 

[madhavk8]

Yes. 3D and 2D Bluray players are physically similar. Only the software is different and processing speed required is more.

 

[nanduking2]

I will buy this

 

[novice-akki]

Most sites are retailing it for 6.7k here - 7.9k am I missing something here ?

4k is a fantastic price and makes it a solid buy, only if I can find it locally !

 

[haisaikat]

Most sites are retailing it for 6.7k here - 7.9k am I missing something here ?

4k is a fantastic price and makes it a solid buy, only if I can find it locally !

where did you find 6k plus price for this drive, are they indian sites, LG site says MRP is 4999 then the 6K plus ones must be imported ones.

 

[novice-akki]

^^maybe imported, can you please provide a link for 4.9k mrp on LG site...cant seem to find it.

 

[sidglide]

Could you suggest a good soundcard for uncompressed audio, i think that is the biggest building block as drives were always cheap. Liteon is also a good option @ 5k much more reliable than LG.

 

[HTuser]

Can anyone suggest affordable External Blu-ray drive (USB) make/model/price available in Hyderabad or online buy option.

Blu-ray writing feature is not required (considering that writing feature will increase the price)

thanks

 

[manniraj]

Hi Htuser,

I suggest you invest in getting a slim (laptop) blu-ray drive and can get easily a outer box which fits exactly with usb kit. I have the same with me the lg slim blu-ray drive I got it from US and the usb kit for around 350 from SP Road bangalore and use this as the external blu-ray drive. I do not see any difference, I played all blu-ray drives without any problems.

I am suggesting this because stand alone external blu-ray drives from asus/sony would cost more than the combination I suggested. You can refer to the www.itdepot.com site for the slim blu-ray drive. Also if you have a laptop then if there is no need to have the external drive then just replace your laptop drive with the slim blu-ray drive.

Thanks.