Morning Tech Deals Highlights
• LG Combo Blu-Ray + HD DVD Reader and DVD burner internal drive for $300. Not cheap, but cheaper than any other combo HD disc reader. [Dealnews]
• AC to car socket DC adapter for $5, shipped. Cheaper than another AC adapter if you've only got a car charger. [Dealnews]
• Swiss Army Climber II Pocket Knife for $12. Free Super Saver shipping from Amazon for orders over $25. Stuff those stockings. [Dealnews]
• Today's Woot!: Refurbished SanDisk Sansa e250 2GB Media Player for $35, shipped. You can upgrade the memory via microSD which is around $15 for 2GB right now. These are fine little media players.

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The Sansa E250 MP3/video/picture player can be opened to replace the 20 hr. battery AND the firmware can be supplemented with an open source system with games, utilities, added features. See www.rockbox.org.
Would that Blu-ray/HD-DVD player/burner work in a Mac Pro running Leopard? I can't seem to find any info on BD or HDDVD support that isn't a year-old rumor about Leopard possibly including them.