2014-08-29, 15:30
(2014-08-28, 15:55)JasonHoffman Wrote:Can you not just make a normal slot-loaded ("slot load"/"slotload") slimline Blu-ray / DVD-ROM drive fit into a stack module for NUC?(2014-08-28, 12:27)Topken Wrote: Should be possible to add a slimline Bluray drive as well I should think.Yes indeed. I thought of two ways to handle an optical drive.
First, I thought about an exposed drive like the old Sony Discman's from the 90s. The disk would stick out of the corner of the unit. It would look cool. It would be difficult and expensive to manufacture, and would probably not last very long.
The other idea is to create an external drive that mimics the look & feel of a NUC but with a slightly smaller footprint and the recesses on top to receive the NUC’s feet. This creates a unique “layered” look that is quite attractive. A standard external DVD drive could be easily modified for this purpose. It would sacrifice a bit of the footprint, but would be easy to make.
Example: http://www.amazon.com/Panasonic-UJ-265-S...B00A29FYD2
Current generations of NUC external dimension is about 116mm x 112 m in size, and the external size of an internal slot-loaded ("slot load") slimline Blu-ray / DVD-ROM drive is about 128mm x 129mm in size so you would have to make the stack module a little larger in the middle, but it could still probably be done with an attractive design.