The news
Pioneer will be launching in spring a rather interesting combi optical drive - one that reads Blu-ray Disc and also burns and reads DVDs and CDs.
The BDC-202, first unveiled at CES and due in the second quarter of the year, is an internal PC drive - with an ATAPI/IDE parallel ATA connector, rather than serial ATA, we're assuming.
It's reckoned to let you "watch pristine quality high-definition (HD) movies on PCs" - though this will require a suitable graphics card and player software - and to offer the read/write speeds detailed below (no mention made of CD writes, though):
|
Media |
Read |
Write |
|
BD-ROM |
5X |
- |
|
BD-R/-RE |
5X |
- |
|
BD-R DL/-RE DL |
2X |
- |
|
DVD-ROM |
12X |
- |
|
DVD-RAM |
5X |
5X |
|
DVD-R/+R |
12X |
12X |
|
DVD-RW/+RW |
8X |
6X |
|
DVD-RDL/+RDL |
8X |
4X |
|
CD-ROM |
32X |
- |
No pics are available still - but one internal optical drive looks much like another - and no clues as yet on pricing.
However, we'd guess that the BDC-202 - which is said to be aimed at OEMs and systems builders - will be considerably more affordable than Pioneer's BDR-101A Blu-ray Disc burner, which goes out for over £500 (inc VAT).
Thoughts? Check out Pioneer's release on page two, then share 'em with us in this thread in the HEXUS.lifestyle.news forum.
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