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Panasonic To Ship Form Factor-Standard Blu-ray Drive

Posted by Zonk on from the nice-when-the-parts-actually-fit dept.

Lucas123 writes "Panasonic plans to unveil the thinnest Blu-ray Disc drive made yet at the upcoming CES show. The drive is 9.5mm high, which allows it to fit into standard laptop form factors instead of requiring manufacturers to redesign systems to fit high-def DVD players as they've been doing. 'Panasonic has already begun offering samples of the drives to laptop makers with the hope that the companies will build it into new PCs.'"

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  1. Say no to Size Zero drives by Timesprout · · Score: 2, Funny

    They are a bad role model for all the other drives that now have to canibalize themselves to keep up.

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  2. Re:After Rootkitting? by gEvil+(beta) · · Score: 2, Funny

    Why would anyone voluntarily let a Sony product near their computer after the rootkit fiasco? Burn me once...

    Burn me twice...Hey cool! This thing's rewritable!

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