Sharp Develops New Laser Capable of Recording Blu-ray Discs at 6x

malware · Feb 14, 2008, 07:50 PM

Sharp has developed new 250 mW blue-violet laser diodes which promise to bring a substantial speed boost to Blu-ray writers – up from 72Mb/s today to a maximum of 216Mb/s, equal to 6x recording speed. The new laser will be produced in two models – one 3.3mm package for laptop Blu-ray writers and a 5.6mm version for desktop drives. Samples of the new diodes are available at this time, but aren’t exactly cheap: Sharp charges 50,000 Yen or about $462 per unit. The company will start mass production of both products from April 2008.

Source: TG Daily

Ravenas · Feb 14, 2008, 08:06 PM

Glad to see that the Blu-Ray technology is being pushed further and further.

das müffin mann · Feb 14, 2008, 08:09 PM

i wish bluray would hurry up and win this war already, and with this it may just allow them to do that

[I.R.A]_FBi · Feb 14, 2008, 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by das müffin mann

i wish bluray would hurry up and win this war already, and with this it may just allow them to do that

they won already .. just hope there is no excessive price gouging ala intel stylee

das müffin mann · Feb 14, 2008, 08:31 PM

not quite, hd is still hanging in there, don't know why but they are

Ravenas · Feb 14, 2008, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by das müffin mann

not quite, hd is still hanging in there, don't know why but they are

They are hanging in because they have manufactures with tons of products that they want to make money on before they have a dead product. By summer time, this will all be over...Retailers are already reporting that they have more HD-DVD player returns than they actually have in stock.

JacKz5o · Feb 15, 2008, 12:29 AM

Wow 250mW, thats a strong diode!

das müffin mann · Feb 15, 2008, 12:30 AM

i could make something like that if i wanted to...

surfsk8snow.jah · Feb 16, 2008, 12:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by das müffin mann

i could make something like that if i wanted to...

+1

WarEagleAU · Feb 17, 2008, 03:55 PM

Why cant they put the 3.3 mm diode in the desktop as well?

das müffin mann · Feb 17, 2008, 04:53 PM

because that would be cool

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