Pioneer has released information on two upcoming Blu-ray writers today. The BDR-PR1M and the BDR-PR1MA are able to record in high quality, according to Pioneer. They are designed to work together with 100GB BDXL media manufactured by Mitsubishi Kagaku Media which allow for long-term storage. By also using strictly selected optical pickup heads and using Constant Linear Velocity (CLV) recording, Pioneer claims that the discs will last at least 50 years.
The drives share nearly the same specifications, however the BDR-PR1M is able to check the recording quality of the discs burned with the drive with special software. Besides that they are equal and can write BD discs at speeds of up to 4x, DVD recordables at 6x and CD recordables at 16x. The drives read BD discs at a maximum of 8x, DVDs at 16x and CDs at 40x. They have a buffer of 4MB and pricing and availability is unknown.
