Blu-ray disc drive burner

Features: Sony Electronics (S) Pte Ltd has unveiled its first internal

Blu-ray Disc (BD) rewritable drive for the computer aftermarket.






The new drive (model BWU-100A) supports up to 50 GB of data on BD-R (write once)
or BD-RE (rewritable) discs or up to four hours of high-definition video using

HDV 1080i on a BD-RE 50GB disc. The drive is capable of burning a full 25GB disc

in about 50 minutes.








For personal content captured on a HDV camcorder, the BD drive is optimized for
keeping the video in the native HDV 1080i for playback on home players

compatible with BD-AV format and PCs with BD drives installed.






Sony's BD drive also supports recording R Double/Dual±RW/RAM
discs, 8.5GB DVD±R/±

of standard single layer 4.7GB DVD Layer Discs, and CDs, making it a

multi-format burner.






The BWU-100A drive comes bundled with the CyberLink BD Solution® from Cyber
link Corporation, which provides a complete software application for capturing,

authoring, editing and burning high-definition personal content captured by a

HDV 1080i format camcorder onto BD discs. Video can also be “down-converted”

to standard-definition resolution for burning onto DVDs.






The internal drive features an IDE (ATA/ATAPI) interface and standard 5.25-inch
form factor for easy installation inside a PC.






Price: The drive will be available in September for about Rs. 44,300/-.