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Blu-ray Disc™ Recordable/Rewritable Drive
Model number:
BWU-300S
Rated 3.8 out of 5 stars
Satisfy your burning desires and record up to four hours of 1080 Full HD video with this internal Blu-ray Disc™ recordable/rewritable drive. Also includes Men in Black on Blu-ray Disc.
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Record Up To 50GB Of Data Or 4 Hours HD Video
Add Blu-ray Recording To Existing PC
Multi-Format Drive - Records BD, DVD, CD Discs
Product Specifications
General
Hardware
- Media & Modes Supported : BD-R, BD-RE, BD-ROM, BD-MV, DVD-R DL, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R DL, DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-RAM, DVD-ROM, DVD-Video, CD-R, CD-RW, CD-ROM, CD-DA, CD-XA, PhotoCD
System Requirements
- Hard Drive : 30GB6
- Operating System : Windows® Vista (all versions) Windows XP SP2 Home or Professional Operating Systems.
- Processor : Pentium® IV 3.0GHz or faster
- RAM : 512MB
Memory
- Buffer Memory : 8MB
Weights and Measurements
- Dimensions (Approx.) : 5.25"x1.63"x7.0"
- Weight (Approx.) : 3.5lbs
Power
- Power Consumption (in Operation) : 1.1A max (+5V DC), 22 max (+12V DC)
- Power Requirements : +5V/+12V
Optical Drive
- BD-R DL Write : 8x (P-CAV)2
- BD-RE DL Write : 2x (CLV)2
- BD-ROM Read : 8x max
- CD Read : 48x max
- CD-R Write : 48x max (Z-CLV)2
- CD-RW Write : 24X max (Z-CLV)2
- DVD Read : 16X max
- DVD+R DL Write : 8x (CLV)3
- DVD+R Write : 16X max (Z-CLV)2
- DVD+RW Write : 8X max (Z-CLV)2
- DVD-R DL Write : 8x (CLV)3
- DVD-R Write : 16X max (Z-CLV)2
- DVD-RAM Write : 5x (Z-CLV)2
- DVD-RW Write : 6x (CLV)2
Hardware
- Interfaces : Serial ATA (SATA)
- Loading Mechanism : Motorized Tray
- Media & Modes Supported : BD-ROM1, BD-AV, BD-MV, BD-R, BD-RE DVD-R/-R DL/-RW, DVD+R/DVD+R DL/+RW DVD-RAM: DVD-ROM, DVD-Video CD: CD-DA, CD-ROM (XA), CD Extra, Video CD, Photo CD1, CD Text, multi-session
- Mount Design : Horizontal, Vertical
Operating Conditions
- Average Access Time : 210ms (BD-ROM), 170ms (DVD-ROM), 150ms (CD-ROM)
- Burst Transfer Rate : 150MB/sec
- Sustained Transfer Rate : 21MB/Sec (16X DVD-ROM)
Service and Warranty Information
- Limited Warranty Term : 1 year Limited Warranty
In the Box
- Cyberlink® PowerProducer™ BD/DVD Authoring Software
- Cyberlink InstantBurn™ Packet Writing Software
- Mounting screws
- Internal BWU-300S Blu-ray Disc Rewritable Drive
- Cyberlink PowerDirector™ Editing Software
- Cyberlink PowerBackup Backup software
- User Manual & Quick Start Guide
- Men In Black Movie Title on Blu-ray Disc
- Cyberlink Power2Go Data Editing Software
- Cyberlink PowerDVD™ Player software
Product Reviews
Write a review( Rated 3.8 out of 5 Stars AVERAGE RATING | 3 REVIEWS Ratings Snapshot)
3 of 4 (75%) customers would recommend this product to a friend
Rated 5.000000 out of 5 Stars Ratings Snapshot
Reviewer: briank48 (FORT WAYNE)
Date: Apr 13, 2009
I've had this product for 1-2 years
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GREAT BURNER IF YOU KNOW HOW TO USE IT !
Pros: THE BEST IF YOU HOW TO USE IT. PRODUCE'S GREAT BLU-RAY DVD!
Cons: NONE WHAT SO EVER.
1st of all you have to know you're formats if you want to burn blu-ray. 2nd,you've got to have great software like vegas pro 8 & dvd architect. their are no compatability issue's...it's just the user. you have to Render you're file in the MT2/MPEG2 FORMAT. WHEN YOU BRING THIS FILE INTO YOU'RE DVD BURNING SOFTWARE...YOU SHOULD HAVE NO ISSUE'S ! there are alot of people out there blaming the product when that is not the problem! i have no issue's what so ever & all my dvd's & blu-ray play on any dvd player. AGAIN LEARN YOU'RE FORMATS AND YOU NEED GOOD SOFTWARE & A GOOD COMPUTER WITH THE UPDATE'S FOR BLU-RAY. GREAT PRODUCT, BEYOND A 5 STAR RATING**********
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Reviewer: Chas (Rockford, Il)
Date: Jan 3, 2009
I've had this product for less than a month
20of 21 people found this helpful
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BWU300S - Blu-ray
Pros: Good looking design.
Cons: software supplied is not compatible, for Vista 64bit.
Blu-ray playback is good. Will burn 25/50 gig discs, which makes it great for backing up files. I had problems with burning to disc. Sony support was responsive, but could not find a solution. After some trial & error, I found that a virtual drive on my system was causing the problem. I just disabled the "ghost drive" and it works good (this was not a hardware issue). I use Nero software for burning.
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Reviewer: techavp (Denver CO)
Date: Dec 29, 2008
I've had this product for 1-3 months
25of 33 people found this helpful
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Not what I thought
This drive did not work with Adobe Encore CS3 which is the only reason why I bought it. Using the software it came with I was able to burn a bluray disc but I was only able to play it back on 1 of 4 dvd players. Beware of compatibility issues with this drive.
- Playback of commercial movies on Blu-ray Disc (BD-ROM) requires additional software/hardware not included with this product. Requires compatible high-definition display for high-definition playback. Playback of AACS protected media may require an HDCP compliant output and HDCP compliant display. Photo CD playback requires additional software not bundled with this drive.
- Appropriate speed discs required.
- Requires appropriate double/dual layer BD-R, BD-RE, DVD R DL media.
- Transfer Speeds may vary and are dependent upon host hardware.
- HD component cable and HDTV are required for HD viewing, both sold separately.
- DVD Media/Formats are not universally compatible.
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