Sony Debuts 8X Blu-ray Disc Writer Drive

John_Cline wrote on 9/29/2008, 1:05 PM

8X SATA Blu-ray burner for $399 list. Burns a full 25GB disc in about 15 minutes and also supports Dual-layer 50GB discs, which it will burn in about 30 minutes.

Press Release at EventDV.com

BWU-300S Page at Sony Style

Comments

blink3times wrote on 9/29/2008, 3:29 PM

Does 8x media even exist?

Salamander wrote on 9/29/2008, 3:44 PM

The specs say XP. What about Vista?

John_Cline wrote on 9/29/2008, 3:48 PM

My current Blu-ray burner works equally well in both XP and Vista. I would assume that this new Sony burner would work just fine.

Also, it burns at 8x on 6x certified media. Of course, I haven't seen much 6x media...

Xander wrote on 9/29/2008, 3:51 PM

"Let one drive manage all of your burning needs. The BWU-300S Blu-ray Disc™ recordable/rewritable drive can record up to four hours of 1080 Full HD video, or up to 50GB of data on BD-R/-RE discs at up to 8X speed. This all-in-one solution can also record DVDs, CDs and is perfect for keeping high definition video shot on your HDV/AVCHD camcorders in its native HD resolution. In addition to an easy-to-install SATA interface, this drive is compatible with Windows Vista® and Windows® XP. The BWU-300S also includes Men in Black on Blu-ray Disc."

It says Vista.