Amex Digital Does Slim Blu-ray Drive

Features

The Portable Blu-ray Super Multi Drive supports on the Quiet Drive Technology reduces the noise level of audio and video playback while also delivering increased writing reliability. Liquid Crystal Tilt/Blur Compensator plays and records to discs more reliably - the ad Research technology that compensates for warped discs. Dual/Double Layer recording provides nearly twice the capacity of a single layer recordable Blu-ray-R (25 Gbytes vs. 50 Gbytes).

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Everything you need in a Blu-ray optical drive.

Whether you’re at the office or on the road with your computer, you can play and burn both Blu-ray and DVDs with the Blu-ray Super Multi Drive. It’s perfect when you want to watch a Blu-ray and DVD movie, install software, create backup discs, and more.

Technical Details

Slot-loading Blu-ray Super Multi Drive

(BD-RE/-R/DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)

• BD-RE/-R (SL) 2X Speed Reading
• BD-RE/-R (DL) 1.6X Speed Reading
• BD-ROM (SL / DL) 2X Speed Reading
• Writes DVD+R DL and DVD-R DL discs at up to 4x speed
• Writes DVD-R and DVD+R discs at up to 8x speed
• Writes DVD-RW discs at up to 6x speed and DVD+RW discs at up to 8x speed
• Reads DVDs at up to 8x speed
• Writes CD-R discs at up to 24x speed
• Writes CD-RW discs at up to 16x speed
• Reads CDs at up to 24x speed

What's in the Box

• Blu-ray Super Multi Drive
• USB cable
• User's Guide CD-Rom

Dimensions

• Size: 140 x 143 x 16 mm
• Weight: 360 grams

Power requirement

• USB bus powered or 5V DC Power

Interface

• USB 2.0 connection

Connector type

• USB type A

System requirement

• Intel® Core 2 Duo CPU or better
• NVIDIA GF8000 Series or better
• ATI HD2000 Series or better
• USB interface
• 2GB of RAM or more
• Operating System: Mac OSX and Windows XP & Vista

Available Colors

• Black
• White

This Blu-ray drive is able to burn BD-RE/-R (single-layer) discs at 2x, whereas dual-layer versions will burn at 1x, while blank DVDs can be written at a rate of 4x to 8x. Choose from glossy black or white colors for $289.

Amex Digital has decided to step in on behalf of MacBook and MacBook Pro owners by releasing a super slim external Blu-ray drive, although Steve Jobs himself has already expressed his aversion to the format

AMEX' Quiet Drive Technology reduces the noise level of the drive, while a liquid crystal tilt/blur compensator compensates for warped discs for a more reliable writing process.

The Portable Blu-ray Super Multi Drive is styled like the MacBook Air's Superdrive and allows users to read and write Blu-ray discs, including BD-R and BD-RE formats in both full 12cm and mini 8cm sizes. Dual-layer Blu-ray media is also supported, allowing users to copy up to 50GB of data at once. Power and interfacing with the computer comes via the drive's USB port.