Blue laser products ready for retail
Spinner
Birmingham, UK
Blue laser technology is currently the hottest topic in the storage arena. Sony and other companies are working towards making the blue laser technology a reality by producing affordable media and drives that will open many storage options to the normal consumer, which of course is great.
Source: CoolTechZoneThe current prices seem to fall around $2500.00 to $3000.00 for these drives, which will burn discs with 23GB of data. There will be both internal and external versions for the new standard drives. The internal burners will cost around $2500.00 while the external ones will run around $3000.00. The internal version will use SCSI-3 interface and the external drives will properly utilize USB 2.0 and SCSI. The media for these drives will cost around $45.00 according to Robert De Moulin, Marketing Manager, Sony Optical Storage Group.
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