Sharp's laser to enable 6x, dual-layer Blu-ray laptop recording

[wraggster]

Sharp just introduced their latest, itty bitty blue laser. While maintaining the same 3.3-mm diameter of their previous package, Sharp's new GH04P25A4G semiconductor laser manages to boost the power to 250mW. That little trick should make 6x recording speeds to dual-layer BD media in laptops a reality. They've also announced a similarly speced 5.6-mm (GH04P25A2G) jobbie for desktops.

http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/s...aptop-burning/

[Mister Klownes]

Now all we need is for the prices of discs and burners to come down...