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Subsidiary Optiarc Inc. is shutting down, or so reports say

So far, they have been favorable, but there is no telling about the future

This model uses 50% less power when idling with the disc in or out

The product revealed yesterday is Samsung's answer to trade-offs

Whether a good thing or not, they will make it happen

They can read quad-layer and triple-layer disks at 4X

It will start shipping at the end of the month (March, 2012)

It will start shipping at the end of the month (March 2012)

The scribing speeds are more or less similar to those of rival devices

Supports writing of BDXL disks at speeds of up to 6X

It should already be up for sale in Japan, at 11,980 JPY / $154 / 117.72 Euro

Can write both triple-layer and quad-layer large-capacity disks

Features PureRead2 and Peak Power Reducer technologies

Travelers might just try this out if they have a laptop without its own DVD unit

Movies breathe some life into a market segment that wasn't doing too well

The earthquake disaster proved to have some fairly ironic consequences

Lets four 2.5-inch drives be placed inside a 5.25-inch bay