Pioneer BDR-205 Blu-ray drive Review

Pioneer USA was kind enough to send us their new BDR-205BK Blu-ray disc writer. This is an internal SATA drive capable of writing both Single and Dual layer Blu-ray media at up to 12x, DVD media at 16x and CD-R writing at 40x respectively.

In this review we will show the performance of the Pioneer BDR-205BK by running the drive through many tests on a considerable amount of various CD/DVD/BD media.

Corporate Information:

Pioneer was founded in 1938 in Tokyo, Japan by Nozomu Matsumoto – a man with a passion for music that he hoped to share with the world through high quality audio speakers. That passion began with a small operation to repair and manufacture speakers in Matsumoto’s garage. It has since grown to international stature as a manufacturer of audio and video products for use at home, in the car and in business environments.

If you are interested in reading more about Pioneer USA, please visit: http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/PUSA/

Drive Specifications:

Let us take a look at the detailed specifications of the Pioneer BDR-205BK Blu-ray disc writer:

What’s inside the box?

Let’s take a look at the Drive:

Pioneer USA has sent us the OEM Drive.

• The Pioneer BDR-205BK Blu-ray disc writer
• Quick Setup Guide and Limited Warranty booklet (not shown)

BD Advisor showing Blu-Ray compatibility

BD Advisor showing Advanced Playback

Now let’s take look at some screen shots of the drive itself:                                                  

Front

Back

 
Top

Drive Sticker

On the top of the drive we found a sticker that shows the drive was "Made in Japan" and has a production date of September 2009.

Bottom

Drive Right

Drive Left

Now, let us connect the drive and check out the features, program bundle and writing technology on the next page…