• First HD DVD Writer for Desktops

    First HD DVD Writer for Desktops

    Techtree News Staff, Jan 08, 2007 1332 hrs IST

    Toshiba has announced the first dedicated HD DVD writer "SD-H903A" for desktop PCs at the ongoing Consumer Electronics Show 2007 in Las Vegas...

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Toshiba has reportedly announced its first HD DVD writer "SD-H903A" for desktop PCs.

According to Toshiba, this is the world's first dedicated HD DVD Writer for the Desktop that offers all the functionality of a super multi-drive, with high performance, high-speed read and write to HD DVD, and to standard DVD and CD discs.

Using this, consumers can capture content, edit home videos, and create vast digital content repositories for movies, music, and photos.

The new "SD-H903A" incorporates a blue-violet laser diode that can read and write to HD DVD-R discs, and offers support for high-density HD DVD-ROM discs, including high definition movie and video images.

Taking advantage of the shared physical structure of HD DVD discs and standard DVD discs, it reads and writes to HD DVD-R discs, and to standard DVD and CD discs, using an optical pick-up head with a single objective lens.

Toshiba believes that designed for single-bay desktop PCs, the new "SD-H903A" is the perfect solution for professional high-definition content creation. It allows PC and CE (Consumer Electronics) manufacturers to make a smooth and affordable transition to high-definition offerings.

Moreover, the "SD-H903A" features a Serial ATA (SATA) interface for superior performance. It is fully compliant with the EU's RoHS directive, which came into force in July 2006.

The new Toshiba SD-H903A will be featured at the ongoing International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2007 in Las Vegas. Sample shipments are slated to begin this month onwards. Pricing will be revealed upon availability.

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(3) Comments
Anonymous
,mk, on Jan 16, 2007 05:07 PM
what is the price of this
JOSHUA OLANIYAN
,Minna, Nigeria, on Jan 08, 2007 03:13 PM
Looking forward to the time of release. The feautures look attractive and fascinating, however, seeing is believing. Icongratulate Tohiba for this breakthrough!
Anonymous
,Anonymous, on Jan 08, 2007 09:58 PM
Good now we can have more space to keep our crap.... But I am inclined for the Hybrid recorders which can record on bothe Blueray & HD-DVD... They will kill all other propietery drives which can use only specific media... It will be like earlier days of DVD when DVD+/- was competing but finally a hybrid writer supporting bot formats remain alive....Cheers...

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