Addonics today came out with two useful devices -- a portable Blu-ray drive and a portable DVD drive. Both of them are targeted towards netbook users and boast of tiny profiles, so that you can easily put them in your backpack and enjoy the latest movies on-the-go. What's more, the Pocket Blu-ray/DVDRW and the Pocket DVD-RRW drive are the industry's first portable optical drives with built-in eSATA and USB interface.

The Pocket Blu-ray/DVDRW is a portable Blu-ray player, DVD player and burner that comes with the extremely fast eSATA and the ubiquitous USB 2.0 interface. It supports practically all types of DVD or CD content from Blu-ray discs to regular DVDs and CDs in various file formats. It is also a high speed DVD+/-RRW and CDRW burner.

The Pocket DVD-RRW drive comes with both high speed eSATA and the ubiquitous USB 2.0 interface. When connected to an eSATA port, you are assured of the fastest DVD writing and smooth movie play back. The USB interface lets you attach to practically any computer.

Both of them are designed to work in in the latest Windows, Mac and Linux OS.

Pricing starts at $235 for the Blu-ray and $99 for the Pocket DVD.

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