American Ninja Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 Sony has to be in a pretty good mood lately. Not only is their Blu-ray format winning the war, but the company has managed to shrink they Blu-ray laser to a size just shy of 3mm thick. What's that mean? The technology is finally small enough for 9.5mm laptop drives (which could lead to a smaller PS3 design), but maybe even more importantly, the lasers are cheaper and easier to produce (whether or not this cost savings was included in Sony's recent $400 PS3 manufacturing estimate is unknown). Oh, and for film buffs, the new lasers can read organic dye, allowing current DVD plants to more easily retool for Blu-ray production. All in all, this is nothing but good news for everyone.For Blu-ray, optical disk drive recording playback slimline design [Sony via Gizmodo] Source: http://kotaku.com/348968/sony-shrinks-blu+...harks-to-follow :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathachew Veteran Posted January 25, 2008 Veteran Share Posted January 25, 2008 That is great news. Smaller PS3? That'd be great :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P!P Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 That is great news. Smaller PS3? That'd be great :D I'm pretty things other than the optical laser are keeping the PS3 the size it is. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Lyle Global Moderator Posted January 25, 2008 Global Moderator Share Posted January 25, 2008 good news. smaller is always better (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamhook Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 good news. smaller is always better (Y)Depends what you're talking about there mate. :rofl: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huleboeren Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 good news. smaller is always better (Y) Always? :pinch: funny I hope they come out with a new design soon :p EDIT: William beat me to it :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ji@nBing Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 Cool. Things are really looking up for Sony in 08 after a rough 07 :yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sn00pie Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 2008 has already been a great year for the PS3 and we haven't even hit February yet. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morficus Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 hhm.. .maybe this is why Sony pulled the 80gb model from select locations?? maybe they are preping to release a new PS3 with this smaller laser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windam Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 All I needed to do was wait :happy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayepecks Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 Doesn't mean anything to me until there actually start to be cheaper Blu-Ray players/drives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huleboeren Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 Doesn't mean anything to me until there actually start to be cheaper Blu-Ray players/drives. Well, you wont be seeing cheaper products if they stay at the same manufacturing costs - so yeah, it does mean something to you :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cormier6083 Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 Fantastico! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayepecks Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 Well, you wont be seeing cheaper products if they stay at the same manufacturing costs- so yeah, it does mean something to you :p Just because they reduce manufacturing costs doesn't mean the players are going to be sold for any cheaper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morficus Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 seeing that the format war is not over yet... and HD-DVD player are currently cheaper that Blu-Ray ones... I would say it's a pretty sure bet that BR players will drop in price, not only becuase of the competition... but also becuase the can Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huleboeren Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 Just because they reduce manufacturing costs doesn't mean the players are going to be sold for any cheaper. True - but it certainly wont be sold for any cheaper if manufacturing costs dont go down :p Price reduction has to start somewhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayepecks Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 True - but it certainly wont be sold for any cheaper if manufacturing costs dont go down :pPrice reduction has to start somewhere I never implied anything contrary to what you're saying. I said it doesn't matter to me -- read: I don't care one bit -- until the prices go down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L3thal Veteran Posted January 27, 2008 Veteran Share Posted January 27, 2008 Smaller PS3? Sure, why not :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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