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Showing that it hasn't only been working on new monitors, I-O Data has officially introduced a Blu-ray writer called BRD-S14X. The new optical disk drive (ODD) is a fairly common-looking piece of hardware, one that uses the regular SATA connection to communicate with a motherboard. It boasts 4 MB of buffer m... |
21 March 2012
14:11 GMT |
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Since the BDXL specification was announced a while ago, it was just a matter of time before Buffalo joined in and created one or more optical drives that support it, and it seems that two of them will soon debut.For those in need of a reminder, the BDXL specification defines Blu-ray disks with a maximum capacity far... |
4 November 2010
04:07 GMT |
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While Acer is busy promoting its media player, Sony decided it was time for one of its external optical storage devices to get acquainted with foreign lands, so it sent the BDX-S500U to the US, where its 6x writing speed is expected to stir interest.Basically, the product is a compact, external Blu-ray writer that d... |
22 September 2010
06:36 GMT |
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Though notebooks usually have their own optical drives, there are certain ultrathin laptops or netbooks that lack such a component, or could do with a better one, so Apricorn designed the EZ Writer II, a glossy black DVD writer with USB connectivity, a thickness of 0.84 inches and a weight of only 11.7 oz.The offici... |
25 August 2010
10:31 GMT |
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It was just a short while ago that Sharp announced its first BDXL Blu-ray disks, with a capacity of 100GB and, soon after, TDK revealed its own plans to join this movement. Later, once the first batch of disks starts selling, the two hope to move on to 128GB disks. Needless to say, these capacities are nothing to be ... |
24 July 2010
04:08 GMT |
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Blu-ray might not have displaced the DVD from the mainstream market but the latest efforts of the Blu-ray Disk Association may have just brought this media one step closer to achieving an even more widespread adoption. In short, BDA has finished its research into means of boosting capacity of Blu-ray disks and is no... |
26 June 2010
03:15 GMT |
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Currently, Blu-ray disks are the most capacious optical storage media available on the market, but even they have reached a point where they are barely capable of housing the newest PS3 games. Indeed, Sony and Panasonic did announce plans to increase capacity to 33.4GB per layer. A certain team of Japanese researcher... |
26 May 2010
04:17 GMT |
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Seeing how Blu-ray disks and drives are still quite far from becoming mainstream, DVD burners are still the main optical storage and multimedia playback solution for most consumers, especially those from the entry-level and mid-end segments. Knowing this, as well as consumer preference for portability and compactness... |
13 April 2010
05:24 GMT |
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Currently, Blu-ray disks are the most capacious optical disks on the market and, although they have yet to take the place of DVDs in the mainstream, they already have a special role as a means of recording HD media files and storing games for the Sony PlayStation 3 gaming console, among other things. Nevertheless, it... |
6 April 2010
09:25 GMT |
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Blu-ray, as a means of storing, transferring and enjoying Full-HD media content, has been growing in popularity over the past few months. This growth is driven not only by the advancements in HD media, but also by the appearance of new types of content, such as 3D. In order to keep up with marketing demands, and to p... |
11 March 2010
06:40 GMT |
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Even though it has been years since the Blu-ray disk and drive was invented, DVDs are still the primary means of enjoying multimedia for mainstream users. The reasons for this are multiple, but one of them is on its way to disappearing now that Blu-ray technology is maturing. Prices of Blu-ray disks and drives have b... |
9 March 2010
10:56 GMT |
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Seemingly unsatisfied with just the release of its USB 3.0-enabled portable hard disk drives, Buffalo has also officially introduced a new optical drive that supports Blu-ray disks. The new unit is capable of writing data on such storage solutions at speeds of up to 12x. Bearing the unsurprisingly long name of BR-H12... |
24 February 2010
09:03 GMT |
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Touting them as the “fastest, most chic optical drives around,” ASUS has released the SBC-06D1S-U and SDR-08B1-U slim external optical disk drives. These units are tailored to “[discern] users keen on award-winning design, meticulous craftsmanship, enhanced multimedia capabilities and environmentall... |
12 February 2010
05:19 GMT |
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Experts from the University of Edinburgh, in the UK, have recently announced that very small crystals may hold the key to making the computers of tomorrow able to hold up to 100 times more data than existing systems. The team has been involved in trying to produce salt crystals in gel, using advanced laser technology... |
19 October 2009
06:06 GMT |
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According to a Sony representative, the Blu-ray disc may be considered the final optical disc format that will be developed. The idea is not that there will be no more physical media for content, but the other way around: the new advances in the Blu-ray technology will allow it to keep its crown for quite a long... |
3 September 2008
04:22 GMT |
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