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DIY “how to”: creating a Slot-load Blu-ray and DVD burners for desktop

Sean John — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 01:22:21 +0000

A cursory Google search for slot-load burners for desktops, be they Blu-ray burners or DVD burners, reveals that while a lot of people are looking for these kinds of drives for their desktops, very few of them exist in the wild — or even available in the market. We here at MacPCWiz figure that just

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Plextor PX-B940SA gives 12X Blu-Ray burning

Sean John — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 03:15:32 +0000

Plextor jumps into the world of 12x Blu-Ray burning with its new PX-B940SA 12x Blu-ray Writer.The PX-B940SA not only uses the latest Blu-ray technology, but also a dual-layer DVD-ROM that combines multiple formats – DVD R/RW and RAM – into one. It accepts disk of 8cm and 12cm (in horizontal position) and has an 8MB buffer, to ensure continuity of data. Read more inside about the new PX-B940SA from PlextorM, only here at MacPCWiz.

Toshiba goes Blu-Ray with new Qosmio

Sean John — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:43:39 +0000

Toshiba announced the newest Qosmio model today, the X500 series, and the most notable new feature is the overdue, inevitable inclusion of a Blu-Ray drive or burner–Toshiba’s first. (The one-time proponent of HD-DVD formally announced it was getting into the Blu-Ray game last month.) The X500 also has an Intel Core i7 processor, 6GB of DDR3 RAM, Nvidia GeForce GTS 250 graphics with a gigabyte of DDR5 memory, HDMI, Harmon/Kardon sound, and room for two hard drives (one of which can be a solid-state disk). Read more from MacPCWiz.

Sony offering Free Blu-Ray upgrade in new VAIO Laptop

Sean John — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:56:07 +0000

With the advent of Blu-Ray technology, it seems that everybody is jumping on that specific bandwagon. Sony now offers a free Blu-Ray upgrade on its newest and latest VAIO laptop computer models. Is this a great deal or what? MacPCWiz found this article, read on.

Sharp Blu-Ray breakthrough: Triple layer and Quad layer burning

Sean John — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 01:50:40 +0000

Sharp has announced that it’s now capable of building a blue-violet laser that’s capable of writing triple and quadruple-layer Blu-ray (BD) discs at up to 8x. This would probably make a case for those people who want to back-up exclusively to Blu-Ray discs. As of the moment, people are still hampered by the 25GB and 50GB limits of Blu-Ray. With this new development, will we be seeing higher data quantities on BD-Rs and BD-REs? Read more from MacPCWiz.