Fujitsu PC to Have Blu-ray Drive & 37-inch Display
April 12, 2006
Tokyo Japan - Reuters News Service reported that Fujitsu Ltd. plans to release desktop computers with Blu-ray Disc drives in Japan this June. The PCs will come with 37-inch LCD displays and will retail for about 600,000 yen ($5,063).
The company also plans to launch laptop computers with HD DVD drives, according to the report. Those would retail for about 400,000 yen. Reuters added that the Fujitsu laptops are priced to compete with the Toshiba planned release of laptop computers with HD DVD drives this May.
WEVA Industry News reported on the HD DVD-equipped Toshiba laptop at:
Toshiba HD DVD Laptop Computer
NEC also is expected to release personal computers with HD DVD drives, but not until this fall, according to Reuters. The report added that NEC is considering adding Blu-ray Disc, making it one of the manufacturers offering both flavors of the high definition disc.
Both high-def disc formats use blue lasers, which have a shorter wavelengths than the red lasers used in current DVD equipment. This enables the discs to store more data at higher resolution, such as HDTV and HDV video.
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Fujitsu Blu-ray Disc PC
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