This new drive LG CH08LS10.AUAR replaces the older and highly popular: LG GGC-H20L which was 6x at reading bluray discs and yet this replacement is approximately the same price 
LG CH08LS10.AUAR = RETAIL BOXED
LG CH08LS10.AUAU = OEM (not boxed but will probably include some bluray software)
The retail version is on pre-order on other places for £81.64, ocuk dont have it listed yet, hope ocuk can add the oem version to pre-order.
There is no HD-DVD playback with this drive, the older 6x model does but as HD-DVD is dead LG removed it probably due to licensing costs.
CD Writing Speed:
40 x CD-R
24 x CD-RW
DVD Writing Speed:
16 x DVD+R
4 x DVD+R DL
8 x DVD+RW
8 x DVD+RW DL
16 x DVD-R
4 x DVD-R DL
5 x DVD-RAM
6 x DVD-RW
6 x DVD-RW DL
Blu-ray Reading Speed:
8 x BD-R
8 x BD-R DL
2 x BD-RE
2 x BD-RE DL
8 x BD-ROM
8 x BD-ROM DL
4.8 x BDMV
CD Reading Speed:
40 x CD-DA
40 x CD-R
40 x CD-ROM
40 x CD-RW
DVD Reading Speed:
12 x DVD+R
12 x DVD+R DL
10 x DVD+RW
12 x DVD-R
12 x DVD-R DL
5 x DVD-RAM
16 x DVD-ROM
10 x DVD-RW
8 x DVD-Video
