Pioneer Unveils Second Gen Blu-ray Disc Writer - BDR-202
Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 2:31 pmI think this is the first semi-official word I've heard from Pioneer about the BDR-202.
http://www.digitimes.com/systems/a20070524PD201.html
That's a bit pricey for a drive that isn't much different than other company's first gen drives.
http://www.digitimes.com/systems/a20070524PD201.html
Pioneer High Fidelity Taiwan (Pioneer Taiwan), Pioneer's marketing subsidiary in Taiwan, on May 23 debuted two new Blu-ray Disc (BD) optical drives for the PC, BDC-S02, a Blu-ray Disc combo drive, and BDR-202, a BD burner. The products are tentatively scheduled to launch in the Taiwan market in June and July or August respectively.
BDC-S02 supports reading/writing of DVD+R/-R SL (single-sided single-layer), DVD+R/-R DL (single-sided double-layer), DVD+RW/-RW, CD-R and CD-RW as well as reading of BD-ROM, BD-R, BD-RE (rewritable), DVD-ROM and CD-ROM according to Pioneer Taiwan. BDR-202 supports all of the capabilities of BDC-S02 and adds support for the writing of BD-R and BD-RE (the difference between combo and burner), Pioneer Taiwan indicated.
For the Taiwan market, BDC-S02 will be sold at the current global market recommended retail price of US$299, while the retail price for BDR-202 is tentatively set at NT$21,000 (US$631), Pioneer Taiwan pointed out.
That's a bit pricey for a drive that isn't much different than other company's first gen drives.
