Sony Optiarc debuts 12x Blu-ray writers, makes ‘em friendly with BD 3D

Not that we haven’t seen a 12x Blu-ray burner before, but it’ll be a cold day in the underworld before you hear us griping about a little friendly competition. Sony Optiarc has taken the cellophane off of its newest crop of half-height writers, the BD-5300S, BWU-500S and BWU-500S. These guys will soon be shipping in a variety of retail and OEM configurations, offering up Blu-ray 3D playback, 12x toasting of BD-R media (dual-layer steps down to 8x) and a copy of CyberLink’s Media Suite 8 with the latter unit. The outift’s not talking dollars and cents, but you can judge the value for yourself when they start filtering out in the next few weeks. Continue reading Sony Optiarc debuts 12x Blu-ray writers, makes ‘em friendly with BD 3D Sony Optiarc debuts 12x Blu-ray writers, makes ‘em friendly with BD 3D originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 05 Nov 2010 01:58:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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