Panasonic UJ-215 slot-load Blu-ray burner shipping

You can now get a slim-line Blu-ray burner, the Panasonic UJ-215, for your Mac laptop. The good news is that it works natively in OS X, and Toast 8 supports it. The bad news is it costs a whopping US$800. Below are the burn speeds.

BD-R: 1X
BD-RE: 1X

DVD-RAM: 5X

DVD-R: 8X
DVD-R DL: 2X
DVD-RW: 4X

DVD+R: 8X
DVD+R DL: 2.4X
DVD+RW: 4X

CD-R: 8X
CD-RW: 8X

The UJ-215 is pictured here beside its tray-load brother, the UJ-210.