December 27, 2005, Tokyo, Japan - Pioneer Corporation announced today that the company's first internal BD/DVD writer with ATAPI connection for Windows PCs has recently been developed. The new Pioneer BDR-101A 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).
It is expected to start shipping at the end of January, 2006(Shipment schedules may change depending on the start date for the Blu-ray Disc format logo license and the copyright protection technology license.)
Single-layer BD-R and BD-RE discs can store up to 25 gigabytes(Double-layer BD-R/BD-RE discs can store up to 50 gigabytes of data.) of data, about five times more than a conventional DVD disc, supporting a high-speed data transfer rate of a maximum of 72Mbps (2x) for both reading and writing. It is possible to record over two hours of a high-definition (HD) video (at 24Mbps transfer rate) on a single disc. This level of storage capacity and transfer speed is expected to make possible a wide range of applications, such as server data backup and video storage.
Pioneer will be exhibiting the BDR-101A at the 2006 International CES being held from January 5, 2006, in Las Vegas, USA. Visitors will be able to see the BDR-101A at both the Pioneer booth and the BDA(Blu-ray Disc Association) booth.
http://www.pioneer.co.jp/press/release159.html
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