While there have been slimline Blu-ray disc writers available since the launch of Blu-ray, it is not until now that the first slimline HD DVD writer is set to be launched, the Toshiba SD-L912A. Toshiba showcased the drive at the Computex Taipei 2007, which on June 5th and plans to start shipping samples in July, targetted at the laptop market as an internal HD DVD/DVD/CD rewriter.
The drive features read and write support for single and double layer HD DVD-R and HD DVD-RW media. Write speed is 2x for single layer HD DVD-R and 1x for double layer HD DVD-R and single and double layer HD DVD-RW media. The drive also features CD-R/RW and DVD±R/RW/-RAM write support.
