Hp released the first USB 2.0-based external HD-DVD player, the HD100. You’ll need at least single-core 3.2GHz Pentium or an AMD 64 X2 2.2GHz. for this HD-DVD playback. For external output, you will need to have an HDMI or HDCP-compliant DVI-D cable. It’ll be available end of the year. Pricing is not available at this moment.

[via Gizmodo]