To help along the proliferation of Blu-ray versus the dreaded competition of HD-DVD, Pioneer has unveiled a Blu-ray DVD disc drive for the PC. Aimed mainly at professionals—specifically high-end content users (mainly folks who work at movie studios and need to evaluate Blu-ray DVD titles during the authoring process)—it will also be marketed towards people who have TV tuners in their PCs and want to record HD content. And of course, those who just want to watch next-generation DVD movies.
The half-height BDR-101A Blu-ray Disc/DVD writer will read BD-ROM/R/RE, DVD-ROM/DVD-R/DVD-RW and +R/+RW discs. It offers the following write speeds:
BD-R/RE (2X)
DVD-R/+R (8X)
DVD-RW/+RW (4X)
Chalk another one up for Blu-ray.
Pioneer unveils Blu-ray drive for PCs [Reuters]
