{"id":2502,"date":"2007-10-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-10-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.asbis.com\/news\/?p=2502"},"modified":"2023-07-28T14:33:55","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T14:33:55","slug":"sony-nec-optiarc-blu-ray-for-notebooks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.asbis.com\/news\/suppliers\/sony-nec-optiarc-blu-ray-for-notebooks\/","title":{"rendered":"Sony NEC Optiarc Launches First Notebook Blu-ray Disc Combo Drive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;<H3>Sony NEC Optiarc Europe GmbH introduces slimline Blu-ray Disc Combo Drive &#13;&#10;Unleashing the full potential of BD-Video-Discs with the BC-5500A <\/H3>&#13;&#10;<P><STRONG>Sony NEC Optiarc Europe GmbH (Optiarc Europe) has &#13;&#10;launched its first Blu-ray Disc Combo (BD Combo) for notebooks. The Optiarc &#13;&#10;BC-5500A supports BD playback at double speed as well as read and write of &#13;&#10;conventional DVD and CD media. This versatile product gives even mid-range &#13;&#10;notebooks the BD capability that is currently a privilege of the top-of-line &#13;&#10;notebooks.<\/STRONG> <\/P>&#13;&#10;<P>&#13;&#10;<IMG style='MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px' alt='Optiarc Blu-ray' src='http:\/\/www.value4it.com\/attach\/get\/20071018080735289287000000.jpg' align='left' border='0'>Optiarc BC-5500A is a fruit of &#13;&#10;successful integration of the advanced components technologies from Sony and &#13;&#10;NEC. It sports Sony\u2019s optical pickup module and NEC\u2019s system LSI in the heart of &#13;&#10;the drive, that enable 2x BD reading speed for flawless playback of high &#13;&#10;definition video. <\/P>&#13;&#10;<P>Thus the BC-5500A is the ideal device for notebook users that are interested &#13;&#10;in burning DVDs and CDs and additionally are looking to be able to play back &#13;&#10;Blu-ray Discs and watch HD-movies. The BC-5500A can also read, write and rewrite &#13;&#10;all current CD and DVD formats. It burns DVD+\/-R at up to 8x speed and DVD+\/-RW &#13;&#10;and DVD+\/-R DL at up to 4x speed. It also writes to DVD-RAM at 5x speed and to &#13;&#10;CD at up to 16x speed.&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/P>&#13;&#10;<P><EM>The Optiarc BC-5500A will be available in EMEA from September 2007.<\/EM> &#13;&#10;<EM>Optiarc Europe offers a comprehensive 24-month warranty on the &#13;&#10;product.&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/EM><\/P>&#13;&#10;<P><STRONG>About Sony NEC Optiarc Inc.<\/STRONG> <\/P>&#13;&#10;<P>Sony NEC Optiarc Inc. serves global optical disc drive market with its &#13;&#10;innovative and high quality products. It was established as a joint venture &#13;&#10;company by Sony Corporation (55%) and NEC Corporation (45%) in 2006, with &#13;&#10;approximately 415 employees and its headquarter located in Tokyo, Japan. The &#13;&#10;European headquarter of Sony NEC Optiarc Inc. is Sony NEC Optiarc Europe GmbH &#13;&#10;located in Ismaning, nearby Munich, Germany.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#13;&#10;<\/P>&#13;&#10;<H3><A href='http:\/\/www.it4profit.com\/ecatalog\/userend\/shopITProdAsb.jsp?SUPPLIER=701&amp;PATERN=&amp;PT=&amp;MNF=35&amp;SDATA=1&amp;VIEW=0'>Find &#13;&#10;NEC&apos;s products on ASBIS&apos; B2B Marketplace<\/A><\/H3>&#13;&#10;<P>&nbsp;<\/P>&#13;&#10;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;Sony NEC Optiarc Europe GmbH introduces slimline Blu-ray Disc Combo Drive &#13;&#10;Unleashing the full potential of BD-Video-Discs with the BC-5500A &#13;&#10;Sony NEC Optiarc Europe GmbH (Optiarc Europe) has &#13;&#10;launched its first Blu-ray Disc Combo (BD Combo) for notebooks. 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