Matsushita to release Blu-ray Disc drive June 10

Matsushita to release Blu-ray Disc drive June 10

OSAKA, Japan - Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. will release on June 10 a personal computer memory disk drive compatible with the specifications of the ''Blu-ray Disc,'' a next-generation ultra-large storage capacity DVD. The drive (L) -- 14.6 centimeters wide, 4.1 cm high and 19 cm long -- is designed to be fitted into a standard-sized CD drive slot on the core tower portion of a desktop computer. The memory capacity of a 50-gigabyte version of a Blu-ray disk (R) provides a capacity nearly 10 times that of a 4.7-gigabyte DVD. The new drive is compatible with both the 50-gigabyte and 25-gigabyte Blu-ray disks.

  • Product Code
  • ILEA001114642
  • Registered date
  • 2006/4/21 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • 2006 Kyodo News
  • Media size
  • 1864 × 973 pixel
  • Resolution
  • dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 378.32(KB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

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