Fujitsu to Launch PCs with Blu-ray Drives

[Marwin]

Fujitsu to Launch PCs with Blu-ray Drives

Fujitsu said on Tuesday it would launch desktop personal computers equipped with Blu-ray disc drives in June in Japan, becoming the first company to release PCs compatible with the next-generation optical discs.

The announcement comes one day after Toshiba Corp. unveiled its plan to launch in mid-May notebook computers that can handle HD DVD discs, which compete with Blu-ray discs in the market for high-definition optical discs.

Fujitsu, Japanese chips-to-computers conglomerate, also plans to launch notebook PCs with HD DVD drives in June, catering for both camps.

The new desktop PC from Fujitsu comes with a 37-inch liquid crystal display (LCD) screen and is expected to sell for around 600,000 yen ($5,063), a Fujitsu spokesman said.

He added the notebook PC is likely to retail at about 400,000 yen -- in line with the expected retail price for Toshiba's HD-DVD compatible notebook PCs.

[zombie]

[He added the notebook PC is likely to retail at about 400,000 yen -- in line with the expected retail price for Toshiba's HD-DVD compatible notebook PCs.

Good to hear about the competitive pricing for the notebooks, wish it were this way for some of the standalone BD players versus standalone HD DVD players.