Plextor has just released the PX-608CU, its new external DVD burner. At just 1.6cm heighs, the company claimed the writer as the world's smallest external DVD burner. It can burn at 4x - 8x write speeds 924x for CD-R/RW) and compatible with both CD and DVD media, as well as dual-layer dics. Futhermore, the PX-608CU burner has 2MB of RAM buffer and uses USB 2.0 connectivity. It will hit the store in October, but no words on pricing yet.

Along with PX-608CU, Plextor also released PX-608AL, the internal version of the DVD writer. This ATAPI burner uses a slot-load mechanism and supposedly retail starting from October too.