Panasonic Unveils New Thinner Blu-ray Drive

Panasonic is set to unveil a new Blu-ray drive at CES that will be the thinnest laptop Blu-ray drive yet. Panasonic's previous laptop Blu-ray drive was 12.7mm thick. This new drive, which has the ability to read and write Blu-ray discs at 2X, as well as read and write DVDs and CDs, is only 9.5mm thick. No additional information was revealed at this time, but we'll have all the juicy specs live from CES in just a couple of weeks.
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sj001  » Dec 27, 2007
Good news! Panasonic should have some great stuff for CES!

kaliraver69  » Dec 27, 2007
I can't wait to see new players and PC drives from all the BD CE companies! Also hopefully Warner will announce that they are going to go BD exclusive.

Iago  » Dec 27, 2007
SWEET!

Seretur  » Dec 27, 2007
Go Panny go!

CptGreedle  » Dec 27, 2007
Sweet. I hope this kind of technology makes its way inside Macintosh computers.

Sonny  » Dec 27, 2007
& thats why Panny is #1!There always 'on top' of things

blu-rayfan101  » Dec 27, 2007
Wow this is cool! Could we expect smaller standalone players? Can't wait for juicy details from CES!

TigerShark  » Dec 27, 2007
Come on Apple what is the holdup?

JT_Designer  » Dec 27, 2007
Sounds good! Is this the type of drive found in the iMac or does this new Panasonic drive have an ejectable tray? Guys, when is the CES date? I have a feeling lots of Blu-ray equipment will be released.

Buggy166  » Dec 27, 2007
still gonna cost an arm and a leg to get one even moreso now bc its a burner AND smaller. im gonna wait till they're affordable to regular people.

JT_Designer  » Dec 27, 2007
That's why companies buy them in bulk and install them in their computers. They get discounts.

tru blu  » Dec 27, 2007
CES 2008 Jan 7-10 May the Blu be with you...

EvolutionCherry  » Dec 27, 2007
CptGreedle, I think intime Blu-Ray drives will be in iMacs because Apple is one of the 170 companies endorsing Blu-Ray

highdefw  » Dec 27, 2007
They say Apple will be announcing a Blu-ray drive for their Mac Pro

JT_Designer  » Dec 29, 2007
http://www.mcetech.com/blu-ray/ This is way overpriced though.

bf767  » Jan 01, 2008
this means that their will probably be thinner ps3...right?

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