Andre Yoskowitz
29 Dec 2007 18:56
Panasonic has announced that they will be unveiling the thinnest notebook Blu-ray drive in existence at the upcoming CES 2008 event.
Currently, the typical standard DVD drive for a notebook is on average 0.28 inches thick. The average Blu-ray drive is about 0.5 inches thick. Panasonic promises the new ultra-thin drive will measure in at only 0.37 inches thick.
The drive will read and write BD media as well as read and write to CD and DVD. There is no word on any specifications such as drive speed yet but it is safe to assume the BD writing speed will be 2x.
In other news, Toshiba has announced they will unveil an equally thin HD DVD writable drive in the near future.
Source:
Dailytech