Pioneer Releases Industry's First 15x Blu-ray Disc Writer
Pioneer quietly released its new 15x Blu-ray Disc writer over the weekend. Available through a handful of Japanese retailers, the BDR-208XJ is capable of 15x BD-R, 14x BD-R DL, 6x BD-R LTH, 2x BD-RE and 2x BD-RE DL writing speeds. The drive also supports the BDXL format and can write to triple-layer (100GB) BD-R media at 8x, quad-layer (128GB) BD-R media at 6x and triple-layer BD-RE media at 2x.
The BDR-208XJ is currently available in your choice of beige or black and can be purchased by itself for 10,980 Yen ($139US) or with software from CyberLink for 11,480 Yen ($145US).


Super Talent Technology, a leader of NAND Flash storage solutions, today announced their fourth-generation Value SSD (VSSD), the VSSD Bolt. The new VSSD Bolt is perfect for business and home users who want the performance and durability gains of solid-state drives without breaking the budget.
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