Pioneer BDR-101A
Pioneer Blu-ray (BD-R) Drives
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BDR-101A
The Pioneer BDR-101A is the world's first PC compatible Blu-ray Disc recorder. It utilizes an ATAPI connection and complies with the latest specifications for BD-R (Blu-ray Disc recordable), BD-RE (Blu-ray Disc rewritable) and BD-ROM (Blu-ray Disc read-only memory). The drive began shipping on May 17, 2006.
It supports a data transfer rate of 72 Mbit/s (2x) for both reading and writing. It is possible to record over two hours of a high-definition (HD) video (at 24Mbit/s transfer rate) on a single disc.
The drive is available only in beige.
As of August 2006, the retail price is around $1,000 USD.
External links
- Pioneer BDR-101A review at CDR.CZ
- Pioneer BDR-202A EU Press release by Pioneer Europe
- Pioneer BDR-202A US Press Release by Pioneer USA