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amexdigital.com - 10/17/2008
Portable Blu-ray Super Multi Drive for New MacBook
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Detailed Product Description Available Colors Features Power requirement USB bus powered or 5V DC Power Interface USB 2.0 connection Connector type USB type A System requirement Store Retail Price Model : BDP-2 Blu-ray Player  ...
No Blu-ray For Macs - For Now :: HDTV.BIZ-NEWS.COM
hdtv.biz-news.com - 10/14/2008
No Blu-ray For Macs - For Now :: HDTV.BIZ-NEWS.COM
— hdtv.biz-news.com — Blu-ray is a "bag of hurt" according to Steve Jobs as he quashed suggestions that Apple would... upgrade its Mac OS X Leopard to allow Blu-ray. (more) No Blu-ray For Macs - For Now :: HDTV.BIZ-NEWS.COM

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Blu-ray For Macs? :: HDTV.BIZ-NEWS.COM
hdtv.biz-news.com - 10/13/2008
Blu-ray For Macs? :: HDTV.BIZ-NEWS.COM
— hdtv.biz-news.com — An upgrade to the Mac OS X Leopard that would allow Blu-ray is one of the more... interesting rumors circulating ahead of Tuesday’s Apple event. (more) Blu-ray For Macs? :: HDTV.BIZ-NEWS.COM

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Jobs On Blu-Ray: A "Bag of Hurt" [Sayeth Steve]
gizmodo.com - 10/15/2008
Jobs On Blu-Ray: A "Bag of Hurt" [Sayeth Steve]
— gizmodo.com — On the lack of BD drives in the new Mac notebooks, quoth Jobs: Blu-ray is a bag... of hurt. I don’t mean from the consumer point of view. It’s great to watch movies, but the licensing is so complex. We’re waiting until things settle down, and waiting ... (more) Jobs On Blu-Ray: A "Bag of Hurt" [Sayeth Steve]

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Engadget:  Amex Digital does what Steve won't, intros portable Blu-ray burner for Macs

iTech News Net:  Amex Digital BDR-2 Portable Blu-ray Recorder for Mac

MacUser:  New external Blu-ray drive compliments MacBooks (sort of)

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Amex Digital does what Steve won't, intros portable Blu-ray burner for Macs
Engadget — ... A "bag of hurt," huh Steve? How do you like these Apples? Amex Digital has stepped in to give prospective MacBook / MacBook Pro owners (and anyone with a fresh USB-equipped Mac, really) the ability to watch and burn Blu-ray Discs... so long as they're ...

Amex Digital BDR-2 Portable Blu-ray Recorder for Mac
iTech News Net — Amex Digital introduces the BDR-2 Blu-ray Recorder, portable SuperMulti drive for new MacBook/Pro/Air. The Amex Digital BDR-2 can read and write BD-ROM, BD-RE, BD-R as well as DVD+/-R/R-DL/RW and CD-RW. The BDR-2 makes use of USB 2.0 connection. It meassure 140 x 143 x 16 mm  and weighs 360 grams. The BDR-2Amex portable SuperMulti dirve is priced at USD $389. Amex Digital offers also BDP-2 Blu-ray Player that costs USD $289. [Amex] ...

New external Blu-ray drive compliments MacBooks (sort of)
MacUser — ... Amex Digital has launched a pair of slick-looking external USB Blu-ray drives to fill that void. The $289 BDP-2 plays back Blu-ray discs, while an extra $100 gets you a Blu-ray recorder—both also play and record CDs and DVDs. They require an Intel Core 2 Duo, 2GB of RAM, and either an NVIDIA GF8000 Series, ATI HD2000 Series, or better graphics processor. ...

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