Pioneer BDR-101A
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Pioneer BDR-101A is the world's first PC compatible Blu-ray burner. It utilizes an ATAPI connection. It will start shipping in the USA in the first quarter of 2006. The drive complies with the latest specifications for the BD-R (Blu-ray Disc recordable), BD-RE (Blu-ray Disc rewritable), and the BD-ROM (Blu-ray Disc read-only memory). The drive was shipped on May 17, 2006.
It supports a high-speed 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 cost of this drive is just under $1000 and it is available only in beige.
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