The PlayStation 4's Blu-ray disc drive is three times as fast as the PlayStation 3's.
The company's tiny Mac Mini, for the record, has been disc drive-free since last year.
The XPS 15 gets a 15-inch screen, integrated Nvidia graphics, and an optional Blu-Ray disc drive.
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According to Apple, where sleeker, thinner designs are always en vogue, dumping the disc drive was a no-brainer.
He previously served as CEO of disc drive and storage maker Seagate Technologies.
Oddly enough, one of the neatest highlights is the optional external disc drive.
The disc drive's spin into obscurity may have started swirling faster last week.
The MacBook Pro with Retina Display is the first MacBook Pro without a disc drive slot, though MacBook Airs never had one.
It referred to his work laptop which was due to be updated at County Hall but was found with the pornographic DVD in the disc drive.
Sony is also introducing the T14 Ultrabook incorporating the same port connectivity as the T13 model and includes an optical disc drive to support Blu-ray and DVD media.
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MCV, a UK trade magazine, has also reported that the 2013 Xbox 720 release window has been confirmed, stating that the console will not contain a disc drive.
With an optional Blu-ray disc drive and optional internal TV tuner, as well as ample storage for music, movies and photos, the Inspiron One 23 is an attractive addition to the family living room.
Overall, its port selection is quite generous: USB 3.0, an Ethernet jack, VGA, HDMI and a headphone connection line the left side, while the right edge is home to that disc drive along with two USB 2.0 ports.
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Sure, it's no surprise to see bleeding-edge tech plummet in price soon after the initial craze is over, but Sony NEC Optiarc is estimating that Blu-ray disc drive prices will "drop 50 percent from current levels amid aggressive development" by other manufacturers.
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InPhase is testing its first holographic disc-drive, called the Tapestry 900, in conjunction with partners such as Ikegami Tsushinki, a Japanese firm which makes video cameras for the television industry.
This implementation is as close to a "disc in the drive" experience as possible over the Internet.
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In addition, the new GIGA one SONIC's LCD screen clearly displays the amount of hard drive disc space available as well as the status of every download.
The quest for a Digital Video Disc (DVD) drive that can record movies and computer files has turned into an ugly street-fight over standards.
The Z model has an optional Blu-ray Disc (BD) optical drive for enjoying, creating and storing high-definition content.
Unless, of course, the user made a copy of the track and then stored that track somewhere else, such as on another hard drive or compact disc.
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It can be awkward to drop in on a client and then ask if you can use the machine's Remote Disc feature to wirelessly borrow the optical drive on one of the client's computers if he hands you material on a CD-ROM.
Researchers at Nippon Hoso Kyokai are working with engineers at the Science and Technical Research Laboratories (STRL) to create an "optical disc recording system based on consumer Blu-ray disc technology that can spin as fast as 15, 000 RPM" without worry of a disc experiencing a complete meltdown and shattering within the drive.
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Heavy HDD use gave us 40dB, while accessing HDD and spinning up a Blu-ray took this to a deafening 50dBA. Luckily, once a disc was loaded and running, sounds from the drive ceased almost completely and overall system noise remained close to the idle level while actually playing a movie -- the Samsung SH-123L was impressive in that respect.
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However, once the game is fully installed the game disc is no longer necessary, and playing from the optical drive will actually be prevented.
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Microsoft also confirmed the two discs, saying the second disc houses the multiplayer components and can be installed to a flash drive or the Xbox harddrive.
"We must have hit a rock because it smashed the wheel and we had to drive the final seven kilometres with the car running onto the brake disc, " said 30-year-old McRae.
This new setup program immediately saw that I had an empty and idle 240GB drive (already formatted as NTFS using Windows 7's stock disc management utility) and allowed me to install Windows 8 there.
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And if the hard drive gets too full, you can save the shows to a DVD disc for watching later, or build up a collection of episodes from a full season.
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