I voted for the Pioneer BDR-101A
because the pick up head of this drive does not handle CD's.
I dont like when such fragile heads are able to do too many things.
I even think that CD's have to be written with a CD burner and not even a DVD burner.
I also wounder what I am going to put on a 25 GB BD-R disc !
I do all my backups of sensitive Data on DVD-RAM or on external HD.
Anyway to buy one of these drives I will wait for the price of drives and medias to go down
a lot.
Maybe buy somtimes in the future a second hand Pioneer BDR-101A from somebody who wants a new drive capable to burn also CD's ?
The
only thing that may me switch to BD-R discs will be the proof that a burned BD-R will last much longer than a DVD R
because BD-R discs will
not use organic dye anymore.
See:
« Will BD-R discs be A LOT BETTER for long time archiving ? »
http://www.cdrlabs.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=21454
BTW I am waiting for the first post by MediumRare about Climatic Stability tests of burned BD-R discs made by c't magazine.
Maybe around Christmas 2006 ?