LG BH08N 8x Blu-ray Disc Writer

[Ian]

I-O Data released some details on two new Blu-ray Disc writers based on the LG BH08N. If the specs are correct, this new drive is capable of 8 BD-R, 8x BD-R DL, 2.3x BD-RE and 2x BD-RE DL writing speeds and a maximum BD-ROM read speed of 8x. According to I-O Data, it can burn an entire 25GB BD-R disc in less than 14 minutes.



http://www.cdrlabs.com/News/i-o-data-an ... iters.html
http://www.iodata.jp/product/storage/bl ... /index.htm

Writing Speeds:
BD-R: 8x
BD-R DL: 8x
BD-RE: 2.3x
BD-RE DL: 2x
DVD±R: 16x
DVD±R DL: 4x
DVD+RW: 8x
DVD-RW: 6x
DVD-RAM: 5x
CD-R: 48x
CD-RW: 24x

Read Speeds:
BD-ROM: 8x
BD-R: 8x
BD-R DL: 8x
BD-RE: 4.8x
DVD-ROM (Single): 16x Max
DVD-ROM (Dual): 12x Max
DVD±R: 16x Max
DVD±RW: 8x Max
DVD±R DL: 10x Max
DVD-RAM: 5x Max
CD-R/ROM: 48x Max
CD-RW: 40x Max

Seek Times:
BD-ROM: 180ms
DVD-ROM: 160ms
DVD-RAM: 180ms
CD-ROM: 150ms

Buffer: 4MB

[Ian]

The LG BH08LS20 has finally made its way to the US. Best Buy has it for a mere $249.99

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp ... 8048303870

[deinabog]

I bought two of these (one for each box). I haven't used them to burn any Blu-ray discs yet but they're faster than my DVD burners were at reading discs.

[Ian]

Yeah, this drive smokes. One of the best things about it is that it will write to pretty much any BD-R media at 8x. Here's a Ritek disc

LG BH08LS20 CD Speed Write Ritek BD-R.png (18.16 KiB) Viewed 3412 times

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[deinabog]

Cool. Now I have more of a reason to buy some BD media sooner rather than later.