Today Buffalo introduced [JP] the world’s fastet Blu-ray recorder, which is Japan-only for the time being. The recorder is available as an external (BR-816SU2) and an internal version (BR-816FBS-WH in white or BR-816FBS-BK in black).
The new drives are capable of burning single-layer Blu-rays at a speed of up to 8x (up to 2x for a double-layer disc). The internal recorders feature SerialATA, while the BR-816SU2 can be connected to your PC via USB 2.0.
Burning speeds are up to 16x for DVD ±R discs and up to 24x for CD-RWs.
The recorders will hit Japanese stores at the beginning of August. Prices: $420 for the external and $370 for the internal version.
Wow things are really hotting up for blu-ray! Just imagine, this time last year everything was so very different. Now prices are dropping, hd dvd is a faded memory and blu-ray is all poised to take over our home entertainment systems.
8x burning is good, and im sure that this time next year, we will be seeing much faster for much cheaper