Panasonic has just announced a new internal SATA Blu-ray Disc burner that hits 8x speed when writing to BD-R single layer and dual layer discs. The new unit, dubbed the LF-PB371JD, will launch in Japan on September 13th.
Maximum write speeds include 8x BD-R, 8x BD-R DL, 2x BD-RE, 5x DVD-RAM, 16x DVD+/-R, 8x DVD+/-R DL, 8x/6x DVD+RW/-RW, 48x CD-R and 24x CD-RW. The drive has an 8MB buffer and also supports 8x Blu-ray Disc read speeds.
The LF-PB371JD is able to achieve 8x write speeds with Panasonic 6x BD-R discs. Recording a full 25GB BD-R disc at 8x will take approximately 14 minutes, with a 50GB BD-R DL clocking in at about 28 minutes. It is unclear whether or not other BD-R media types will be supported at 8x. If you’d like to read the official Panasonic announcement, check it out here.
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It can only get cheaper by the year from here on out.
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- Posted on: 06 Aug 08 16:12
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- Posted on: 06 Aug 08 19:04
You need to get out more. Ritek 2x BD-R is $6 at rima.com. Frys.com is selling Panasonic 4x BD-R for $9.99 since many months ago. You can get cheaper rates from ebay!
Anyway, I doubt the price will go more than it used to be last year ($1000 for a 4x BD-R burner). The LG GBW-H20L 6x burner is $280 now. My guess, this Panasonic 8x burner will be hovering around $300-ish.
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- Posted on: 06 Aug 08 23:07
$20 might be for the Sony branded BD-R's. Other brands are less. I think the player will be about US$300 at introduction.
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