Sony NEC Optiarc Europe recently announced the launch of
their new slimline Blu-ray combo drive. The BC-5500A supports the playback of Blu-ray Disc movies and can read and write to all current
CD and DVD formats.
Sony NEC Optiarc
Europe GmbH (Optiarc Europe) has launched its first Blu-ray Disc Combo (BD Combo) for notebooks. The Optiarc BC-5500A supports BD
playback at double speed as well as read and write of conventional DVD and CD media. This versatile product gives even mid-range
notebooks the BD capability that is currently a privilege of the top-of-line notebooks.
Optiarc BC-5500A is a fruit of
successful integration of the advanced components technologies from Sony and NEC. It sports Sony’s optical pickup module and NEC’s
system LSI in the heart of the drive, that enable 2x BD reading speed for flawless playback of high definition video. Thus the BC-5500A
is the ideal device for notebook users that are interested in burning DVDs and CDs and additionally are looking to be able to play back
Blu-ray Discs and watch HD-movies.
The BC-5500A will be available in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, starting in
September. More information, including a full list of specs, can be found here.
