Reviews of the Pioneer BDR-101A
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No Rating
maximumpc.com
Review Summary: Let's look at the reasons to pass on this drive. The most obvious is cost. At $1,000 the BD-R 101A costs more than a decent PC-an insane price for an optical drive. Second, it's not very fast, for burning either Blu-ray recordable (BD-R) or DVD-R. It ...
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No Rating
pcworld.co.nz
Review Summary: A more important issue is disc capacity. Both formats offer capacities several times that of conventional DVDs. At launch, Blu-ray Disc is available in 25GB single-layer and 50GB dual-layer flavours (for pre-packaged media as well as for recordable ...
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pcmag.com
Review Summary: The BDR-101A is a first-generation Blu-ray recorder suitable for authoring Blu-ray and DVD discs, albeit slowly. However, its limitations and extremely high price make it useful only to a select audience.
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personal computer world
Review Summary: : A good first-generation Blu-ray drive, but most would be wise to hold on to their money for the moment
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Computeract!ve
Review Summary: There's still no sign of who's going to come out top in the HD-DVD vs Blu-ray battle, but we're now finally starting to see products arrive on the shelves (both in the PC and home-entertainment arenas).
Manufacturer: Pioneer North America
Part number: BDR101A
General
- Device Type BD-RE drive
- Enclosure Type Internal
- Interface IDE
- Width 5.8 in
- Depth 7.8 in
- Height 1.7 in
- Weight 2.4 lbs
Optical Storage
- Type BD-RE - 5.25" x 1/2H
- Read Speed 8x (DVD) / 2x (BD)
- Write Speed DVD:8x(±R),2x(-R DL),2.4x(+R DL)/BD:2x(-R)
- Rewrite Speed 4x (DVD-RW) / 8x (DVD+RW) / 2x (BD-RE)
- Supported Media Types BD-R, BD-RE, DVD+R, DVD-R, BD-ROM, DVD+RW, DVD-RW, DVD-ROM, DVD+R DL, DVD-R DL
- Buffer Size 8 MB
- Features Horizontal/vertical mountable, Multi Effect Liquid Crystal Compensator
Storage Removable
- Type None
Expansion / Connectivity
- Interfaces 1 x
Miscellaneous
- Package Type Bulk
Power
- Type None
Software / System Requirements
- Software Included Roxio DigitalMedia LE 7
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