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.

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