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Worlds first HD-DVD Burner for Mobile PC's

November 9th 2006 14:18
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SD-L902A
Toshiba hopes the SD-L902A will help push mobile HD-DVD drivers further into the market
Toshiba recently showcased the worlds first HD-DVD burner, the SD-L902A, intended for mobile PC’s at CEATEC 2006.


Measuring at only 128mm x 12.7mm x 126.1mm and weighing in at 170grams this little midget of a drive can slip into tight spots making it the obvious if not (at time of writing) only choice for laptop based HD-DVD burners.

As expected aside form the ability to read and write to both single and dual layer HD-DVD disks it can also read and write to all major disk formats, including CD’s and DVD’s.

SD-L902A in case
Another shot of the SD-L902A
This is no doubt a significant development in the Blu-Ray/HD-DVD format wars which is really just starting to heat up. Sony is releasing the Blu-Ray drive equipped ‘Playstation 3’ game console very soon while Microsoft plans to counter that with the HD-DVD drive add on for the Xbox 360.


Samples of Toshiba's little midget will be shipped by the end of this year, expect to have it on your lappies (AKA laptops) the first quarter of 2007.



Specifications:

Model no.

SD-L902A

Read/Write
Speed

Write
HD DVD-R SL*: 1x; HD DVD-R DL*: 1x
DVD-RAM: Max. 3x; DVD-R SL*: Max. 4x
DVD-R DL*: Max. 2x; DVD-RW: Max. 4x
DVD R SL*: Max. 4x; DVD RW DL*: Max. 2.4x
DVD RW: Max. 4x; CD-R: Max. 16x
CD-RW: 4x; High Speed CD-RW: Max. 10x
Ultra Speed CD-RW: 10x
Read
HD DVD-R SL*, DL*: 1x; HD DVD-ROM: 1x
DVD: Max. 8x; CD: Max. 24x

Interface

ATAPI

Buffer capacity

8MB

MTBF

60,000 hours

Power source

5V (allowance /-5%)

Operating temperature

5-50 degrees C (excluding media)

External dimensions
(W x H x D)

128mm x 12.7mm x 126.1mm

Weight

170g (typical)

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Comment by Adrian

November 11th 2006 18:49


Philosophy Blog
I could Google this, but since I'm lazy, and since it'll give you a couple of rating points, what the hell is an HD-DVD?

I'm guessing, high-density DVD, and that it can hold more information. If so... how much more info than a standard DVD?

And can it be played on all standard DVD machines?

Comment by Ahmed

November 11th 2006 20:57


Video Gamer Kids
Little Green Foosballs
PolyKicks
Cinema Three
Close but no cigar HD-DVD stands for 'high definition DVD'

It basically is a desnely packed dvd though, so yeah.


No, they wont run in a standard dvd player, think of them as the next leap in laser disk technology, widely considered as a redundant leap, and I agree with that. Sure the picture quality will be supposedly better, but bleh, DVD's have good enough quality as they are.


It has one competitor in the form of blu-ray which can store almost 2x data on it but is slightly more epxensive. Think betamax VS VHS with lots of blood and guts.

Comment by Shaun

November 23rd 2006 01:15
HD DVD-R SL*: 1x

gee that would take you all night, i recon set to burn and sleep, wake up and complete.. way to early to even think abt buying...

Comment by Ahmed

November 23rd 2006 01:19


Video Gamer Kids
Little Green Foosballs
PolyKicks
Cinema Three
Well 1x DVD burning isn't the equivalent of 1x HD-DVD burning speeds.

Comment by Ahmed

November 23rd 2006 01:20


Video Gamer Kids
Little Green Foosballs
PolyKicks
Cinema Three
Oh, I meant that a 1x burn speed on a hd-dvd drive is higher than 1x burn speed on a normal dvd (about 4x faster I think).

Comment by Anonymous

May 8th 2007 18:41
who sells this drive?

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