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The First Blu-ray Burner, Pioneer's BDR-101A

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the just-getting-started dept.

mikemuch writes "ExtremeTech has a review of Pioneer's BDR-101A-- the first Blu-ray burner available. The drive can do anything with CDs, is kind of slow with DVDs, and doesn't support double-density Blu-ray media, but hey, it's a start, and can burn 25GB in 42 minutes. Check out its burn speed benchmark performance at the link above."

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  1. Can't read CD media? by Danga · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Why did they leave that ability out? I know I don't want to have a separate drive to read CD's, but with this drive that is the only option. I can see phasing out CD's once this new generation of media is firmly in place but it is way too early to start phasing out CD's. Floppy disks somewhat recently just got phased out for Christ's sake. I don't see CD's going anywhere for at least 3 more years.

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  2. From the last flamefest... by Frightening · · Score: 5, Insightful

    We have already established that Blu-Ray READERS are to be boycotted for the general public good. Why post an article about a BURNER when nobody is going to use the READERS? I mean, everybody reads and believes slashdot, right? Right?

    1. Re:From the last flamefest... by bsartist · · Score: 5, Insightful
      We have already established that Blu-Ray READERS are to be boycotted for the general public good.
      I believe that has more to do with DRM-infested commercial releases than with the readers themselves.

      Why post an article about a BURNER
      Backups, distribution of free software, etc. There are plenty of uses for a new recordable optical media type that don't involve buying commercial DRM-infested discs.

      Oh hell, who am I kidding? The real reason is right here.
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  3. Why bother? by onyxruby · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Honestly, why bother?

    Blu ray would have been relevant 4 years ago if it had been introduced then, but it wasn't. Instead it's been introduced in todays age when you can buy a 250 GB hard disk for less than $70 with ease. The disks for this will be like any other disk in that their effective lifecycle will just be a few years. Like any other burnable disk they will suffer from burn problems and very low reliability.

    It doesn't price justify to buy this kind of media (nevermind the whole DRM bit). Your better off spending your money on hard drives, they hold significantly more data, are an order of magnitude cheaper and several orders of magnitude more durable. In all sincerity, why would you ever want to buy something like this?