LG has announced that its hybrid Blu-ray and HD DVD player LG GGC-H20N is now available in stores, in Japan. The new player can read BD-ROM at 6x, BD-ROM/R DL at 4.8x, BD-RE (DL) 2x, HD DVD-ROM (DL) 3x. It also sports DVD/CD reading capabilities; DVD-RAM 5x, DVD±R DL 4x, DVD±R 16x, DVD-RW 6x, DVD+RW 8x, CD-R 40x and CD-RW 24x. The player costs about 40,000 YEN, which is about $345 USD. This particular player is also available in an external shape from Buffalo, with the same model name, but then costs a little more; about 51,000 YEN ($440).
It seems that Buffalo is also planning to release an external burner/player based on the Blu-ray burner/HD DVD reader GGW-H20N from LG. This external combo burner/driver is expected to cost 74,800 YEN ($640), and the internal version a bit less.
