Andre Yoskowitz
26 Jul 2008 14:25
Buffalo has announced that it is releasing the first-ever Blu-ray burners with the ability to record at 8X speeds.
The company has an external and internal 8X drive, dubbed the
BR-816U2 and BR-816FBS and each will be able to write dual-layer BD50s at the new speed meaning in theory all 50GB can be filled up in 15 minutes. Rewritable BD can be written at 2x while CDs and DVDs can write at max speeds.
The external drive has a USB 2.0 interface as well as a eSATA connector providing the same bandwidth as if the drive were attached internally.
Each of the drives comes with Cyberlink software for playback, authoring and burning of Blu-ray content.
The drives will hit Japan in August for the equivalent of $382 USD(for the internal) and $435 for the external.