



Will they pop up in future MacBook Pros or perhaps even MacBooks? Who knows, but [url=http://www.toshiba.com]Toshiba[/url]'s just-announced HD-DVD writer could. It allows users to write high-definition video content, while enjoying backward compatibility with all DVD and CD formats.
Toshiba's SD-L902A integrates a blue-violet laser diode to read and write HD-DVD-R discs and supports high-density HD-DVD-ROM discs, including high-definition movie and video images. The drive also offers super-multi functionality, with read and write capabilities for all standard DVD and CD discs.
At only 12.7 millimeters in height, the SD-L902A meets the stringent space constraints of the mobile PC environment, since the HD-DVD format has the same physical structure as standard DVD technology, according to Maciek Brzeski of the Toshiba Storage Device Division. As a result, the HD DVD writer uses an optical pick-up head with a single objective lens. With this next-generation DVD technology, mobile computer users can work with content in high-definition, while continuing to enjoy legacy DVD and CD material, he adds.



