Panasonic has launched its second Blu-ray Disc burner capable of writing a BD-R disc at 4x speeds. This time, the drive can handle dual-layer, 50GB media.
The LF-PB271 is a 5.25in internal unit that connects to its host computer over a SATA link. The unit will write to rewriteable BD-RE discs, be they single- or dual-layer …
"The LF-PB271 is a 3.5in internal unit that connects to its host computer over a SATA link"
I assume it's a 5.25" internal unit. Unless they've gone for a mini-BR disc? (though I reckon that would give you just under 30% of the capacity based on the DVD comparison - just shy of 15Gb? I'd cope with that in a floppy drive bay)
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Panasonic has launched its second Blu-ray Disc burner capable of writing a BD-R disc at 4x speeds. This time, the drive can handle dual-layer, 50GB media. The LF-PB271 is a 5.25in internal unit that connects to its host computer over a SATA link. The unit will write to rewriteable BD-RE discs, be they single- or dual-layer …
5.25" I'm assuming?
Sure I won't be the first to comment on this but:
"The LF-PB271 is a 3.5in internal unit that connects to its host computer over a SATA link"
I assume it's a 5.25" internal unit. Unless they've gone for a mini-BR disc? (though I reckon that would give you just under 30% of the capacity based on the DVD comparison - just shy of 15Gb? I'd cope with that in a floppy drive bay)