Pioneer and Buffalo announce first 128GB BDXL optical disc burners for PCs

The dream of burning 128GB of PC data onto a single optical disc just took a step closer to reality with the announcement of this BDXL burner (model BDR-206MBK) from Pioneer. Buffalo will ship it as both an external USB 2.0 model (BRXL-6U2) and internal SATA model (BRXL-6FBS-BK). The drive handles new 4-layer (128GB) and 3-layer (100GB) BD-R XL at 4x speeds in addition to 3-layer BD-RE XL and older BD-R/BD-R DL and BD-RE/BD-RE DL Blu-ray disc media. Pioneer will begin shipping the drive in November for an undisclosed price — no word on pricing from Buffalo or when it’ll have its act together to ship product. Continue reading Pioneer and Buffalo announce first 128GB BDXL optical disc burners for PCs Pioneer and Buffalo announce first 128GB BDXL optical disc burners for PCs originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 25 Oct 2010 03:18:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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