Pioneer Intros Internal Drive Capable of Writing BDXL At 6X Speed

[btarunr]

Pioneer announced a new internal SATA Blu-ray disc burner drive in Japan, that's capable of burning Blu-ray XL (BDXL) discs at speeds of 6X. Carrying the model number BDR-207JBK, the drive can burn double-layer BD-R discs at 12X, and quad-layer BDXL discs at 6X. The drive features a few of Pioneer's proprietary technologies, PureRead2 and Peak Power Reducer. Slated for market availability in January, the Pioneer BDR-207JBK internal SATA Blu-ray disc burner is priced at 18,000 JPY (about US $231).



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[THE_EGG]

surprisingly cheap, well then time to sell my server

 

[RejZoR]

I haven't burned any CD or DVD for ages. What's the point of owning such device other than making copies of PS3 games and BluRay movies?

 

[chodaboy19]

and... sadly no one cares.

 

[Disparia]

Well, optical importance has certainly diminished for me, but I do need at least one drive in the house

 

[claylomax]

making copies of PS3 games and BluRay movies

That's the point; you bet many people are getting this as it reduces the time to burn a BR disc. But they're still expensive.

 

[Thefumigator]

I do VHS(or any tape) to DVD conversions and I burn discs everyday. I own 6 burners, one is a bluray burner

I also do backups in bluray and I have an HD camera so I could put my holidays on bluray without loosing resolution... but mkv is more popular anyway. Well you could still burn several mkv in a bluray disc and still be playable, it depends on the player