Asus intros BDXL external Blu-ray writer

MUMBAI, INDIA: Asus launched its new SBW-06C2X-U external Blu-ray writer, which is capable of burning up to 128GB of data on a single Blu-ray disc.

The company claims that it uses smart burn management to guarantee faster data back-up performance at 6X Blu-ray writing, and comes with Magic Cinema technology for a complete Blu-ray 3D multimedia solution in the home.

The SBW-06C2X-U external Blu-ray writer supports BDXL format, which expands the Blu-ray disc's previous maximum capacity of 50GB up to 100GB on one BD-R(TL) disc, or 128GB on a single BD-R(QL) disc.

Fitted with ASUS Turbo Engine technology, the SBW-06C2X-U works at 6X Blu-ray writing.

At those speeds, 25GB of data takes a mere 23 minutes to burn, adds the company in a release.

Bundled with the SBW-06C2X-U, comes Magic Cinema technology that enables  conversion of files into 3D movies, photos and audio (in Dolby Digital and DTS-HD 5.1-channel). It also automatically converts existing 2D and DVD content to 3D if required by users.

The ASUS SBW-06C2X-U supports multiple OS platforms including both Windows and Mac OS X.