At the IFA trade show from Berlin Toshiba presented a new HD DVD-Writer which also integrates support for the most popular optical disc formats out there. Coming as a combo drive and featuring HD DVD-Writer and HD DVD Super-Multi properties the latest Toshiba optical drive unit is personal computer compatible.

The new Toshiba units are slim and extremely portable as they weigh just 165 grams once removed from the protective casing and measure just 128 by 126 by just 13mm, which means they are smaller than any other optical drive launched to date, while offering a host of functions like high definition and traditional DVD playback and recording on a desktop or laptop computer system, CD and other optical mediums recording functions as well as an integrated data back up solution which can store 15GB of your most sensitive information. While the connectivity mode to a desktop or laptop is not yet known, the best bet is on high speed USB ports or equally high speed FireWire ones. Apart from the wide range of supported formats and the sleek and stylish design, the two brand new optical drives from Toshiba are offering the very best when it comes to mobility as they are small enough to fit in any bag and because of their universal connectivity features they can communicate with just any computer system on the market today.

The multi format optical disc writer supports CDs and DVDs, both the write and the rewritable versions as well as HD DVD-ROM and single and dual layer HD DVD-R formats, while the other Toshiba drive, the HD DVD Super-Multi offers support for all of the above data writing and reading formats with the notable exception of the HD DVD-R. Toshiba announced the pricing of the two new optical drives too as they are available right now for a little more than $400.