Pioneer's BDR-101A Blu-ray Burner @ ExtremeTech

**MIG-31** · Jun 22, 2006, 12:55 PM

Review: ExtremeTech
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After a longer-than-expected gestation period, Pioneer is now shipping the BDR-101A Blu-ray recorder for the PC. Before we dive into the specs and performance testing, let's take a quick look at Blu-ray, what it is, and what it's not.

Blu-ray Disc is an optical storage medium with capacities of 25GB (single layer) and 50GB (double layer). The standard was jointly developed by members of the Blu-ray Disc Association, though Sony and Philips were the chief technology drivers in the organization. The Blu-ray Disc Association now consists of some 170 companies, including hardware, software and media manufacturers.

Erroneus · Jun 22, 2006, 02:48 PM

"Interestingly, the BDR-101A neither burns nor reads CD media of any type. So if you still need CD burning or reading capability, you'll need an additional drive. Also, the drive is a parallel ATA (ATAPI) drive, instead of a Serial ATA interface."

Lame and lame

First generation, media to expensive and drive to expensive, no thanks I'm waiting

nForcer · Jun 23, 2006, 04:07 AM

CD's...who'd still use them when ya got Flash drives? Besides, many of us kept our floppy AND ZIP drives when CDR's came out...it'll be a while before the 'lack of ability to burn CD's" will pose a problem.

However, its a good thing to note.

Erroneus · Jun 23, 2006, 09:12 AM

I use cd burning alot, due to my work. Alot of pc's at my work doesn't have dvd drives.

Jun 22, 2006, 12:55 PM	#1
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Jun 22, 2006, 02:48 PM	#2
Erroneus Get off my lawn! Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Denmark Posts: 13,417 Rep Power: 119 System Specs	"Interestingly, the BDR-101A neither burns nor reads CD media of any type. So if you still need CD burning or reading capability, you'll need an additional drive. Also, the drive is a parallel ATA (ATAPI) drive, instead of a Serial ATA interface." Lame and lame First generation, media to expensive and drive to expensive, no thanks I'm waiting __________________

Jun 23, 2006, 09:12 AM	#4
Erroneus Get off my lawn! Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Denmark Posts: 13,417 Rep Power: 119 System Specs	I use cd burning alot, due to my work. Alot of pc's at my work doesn't have dvd drives. __________________

Jun 23, 2006, 04:07 AM	#3
nForcer Twice the fun! Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 1,404 Rep Power: 0	CD's...who'd still use them when ya got Flash drives? Besides, many of us kept our floppy AND ZIP drives when CDR's came out...it'll be a while before the 'lack of ability to burn CD's" will pose a problem. However, its a good thing to note.