First post, by XTac
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Hello,
I am planning out my future retro build, based on Pentium M platform. I have noticed that optical drives are rarely discussed, so I thought i'd ask myself.
Anyways, I have come up with a crazy idea to combine retro gaming with HTPC. I'd like to watch a Blu Ray movie from time to time, and store backups on BD discs. Turns out that Blu Ray drives on IDE exist - there aren't many, and they were all made around 2006 - 2008. Such a drive would be extremely convinient - not only will I be able to use a native connection without any buggy adapters, but I would also likely solve the problem that plagues SATA drives from the retro gaming angle: no analogue CD audio.
I have found some drives that would fill these conditions:
* LG GBW-H10N (burner)
* Plextor PX-B900A (burner)
* Pioneer BDR-101A (reader)
Using such a drive, I would be able to combine everything - CD, DVD, BluRay, and even IDE connections. (You only lack HD-DVD, but as far as I know, no combo drive has been made for IDE 😢 ) Add a quality sound card to that and you have the ultimate early/mid 00s HTPC.
Question is, does anyone here have some experience with these drives under these conditions? Does CD Audio actually work? Any bugs under DOS or Win 98? I would really be interested in hearing about this. Thanks in advance. 😊