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Blu-ray Disc Drive Product Code: PXB900ASWBL Price: Check Latest MODEL- PX-B900A/SW-BL VENDOR- PLEXTOR FEATURES- Internal Blu-ray Disc Drive- Black bezel Blu-ray, also known as Blu-ray Disc (BD), is the name of a next- generation optical disc format jointly developed by the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA). The format was developed to enable recording, rewriting and playback of high-definition video (HD), as well as storing large amounts of data. The format offers more than five times the storage capacity of traditional DVDs and can hold up to 25GB on a single-layer disc and 50GB on a dual-layer disc. This extra capacity combined with the use of advanced video and audio codecs will offer consumers an unprecedented HD experience. While current optical disc technologies such as DVD, DVD+/-R, DVD+/-RW, and DVD-RAM rely on a red laser to read and write data, the format uses a blue-violet laser instead, hence the name Blu-ray. Despite the different type of lasers used, Blu-ray products can easily be made backwards compatible with CDs and DVDs through the use of a BD/DVD/CD compatible optical pickup unit. The benefit of using a blue-violet laser (405nm) is that it has a shorter wavelength than a red laser (650nm), which makes it possible to focus the laser spot with even greater precision. This allows data to be packed more tightly and stored in less space, so it's possible to fit more data on the disc even though it's the same size as a CD/DVD. This together with the change of numerical aperture to 0.85 is what enables Blu-ray Discs to hold 25GB/50GB. Includes Drive, mounting screws, Plextor software disc (Roxio), 1 piece DVD+R media, ATAPI cable and quick reference guide. Replaceable beige front bezel included -Bilingual Packaging (English and French). * Plextor's bundled software package for the PX-B900A Blu-ray Disc Drive offers ease-of-use and extensive functionality for playing, recording, editing, and authoring BD/DVD/CD discs. The full package from InterVideo, Inc. and Ulead Systems includes the following titles: - WinDVD BD provides a total BD playback solution, including support for BDAV video format. WinDVD BD fully supports BDMV (movie) titles with parental and region controls and the highly-interactive features of the BD-J specification. - WinDVD is the world's #1 DVD playback software, featuring superior audio and video technologies, future proofing with support for H.264, and media sharing for home networking. - Ulead VideoStudio 10 enables video editing and DVD authoring with features that include full MPEG-4 support, Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound, and the category's only complete solution for high-definition video. - DVD MovieFactory 5 is easy-to-use BD and DVD authoring and burning software that turns standard or HD video and photos into DVDs with studio-quality personalized menus. - Burn.Now 1.5 is the latest in DVD audio software and disc burning technology, giving users the power to create high-capacity audio DVDs, CDs and data discs. - BD DiscRecorder allows users to record high-definition video content from HDV camcorders to Blu-ray Disc in full HDV resolution. Video may be recorded directly to disc in real-time or first captured to the user's hard drive for editing. - Data-Add 2.0 enables users to drag-and-drop files and writes to disc through Windows Explorer. -- SPECIFICATIONs ------------------------------------ INTERFACE/BUS- IDE host adapter and 40-pin flat E-IDE cable Analog Audio Output connector SPEED (R/W) - 2X BD-R, BD-RE, BD-R DL, BD-RE DL 8X DVD+R 8X DVD+/-RW 6X DVD-RW 5X DVD-RAM 4X DVD+/-R DL 16X DVD-ROM 24X CD-R 16X CD-RW 24X CD-ROM TRANSFER RATE- CAV, CLV, ZCLV writegiCAV, CLV read 2X (BD read/write) 9 MB/sec 8X (DVD read/write) 11.08 MB/sec 6X (DVD read/write) 8.31 MB/sec 5X (DVD read/write) 6.93 MB/sec 4X (DVD read/write) 5.54 MB/sec 3X (DVD read/write) 4.16 MB/sec 2.5X (DVD read only) 3.46 MB/sec 2.4X (DVD write only) 3.33 MB/sec 2X (DVD write only) 2.77 MB/sec 1X (DVD write only) 1.39 MB/sec 24X (CD read/write) 1.50 - 3.60 MB/sec 16X (CD write only) 1.2 MB/sec 6X (CD read only) 900 KB/sec 4X (CD write only) 600 KB/sec Burst Read/Write 16.6 MB/sec (PIO Mode-4/DMA Mode2); 66 MB/sec (Ultra DMA Mode-4) ACCESS SPEED - CD Random Access : 160ms DVD Random Access: 170ms DVD-RAM : 220ms BD Random Access : 210ms MEMORY BUFFER- 8 MB FORMATS - Logical BD Read/Write : Logical Over Write Logical DVD Read/Write: DVD-RAM, DVD-ROM, DVD-Video, DVD+VR, DVD-VR. Logical CD Read/Write : CD-DA, CD-ROM Mode 1; CD-ROM Mode 2; CD-ROM XA, CD-Extra, Photo-CD, Video-CD, CD Text, Mixed CD, Multi-session. DISC DIAMETER- Disc Diameter CD-R/RW: 12cm DVD-R/RW: 12cm, 8cm WRITE METHODS- CD-R/RW : Track-at-Once, Disc-at-Once, Packet Write (variable and fixed), Session-at-Once. DVD+R, DVD+R DL, DVD+RW: Multi-Session, Sequential Recording Random Write. DVD-R DL : Disc-at-once DVD-R : Disc-at-once, Incremental DVD-RW : Disc-at-once, Incremental, Restricted Overwrite. DVD-RAM : Random Access Write BD-R : Sequential Recording, Random Recording, Sequential Recording with Logical Overwrite. BD-RE : Random Access FRONT PANEL - Eject : Auto Eject/Manual Emergency Lights : Disc/Busy indicator Disc Loading : Auto/Manual load and eject BACK PANEL - Power Supply : DC +5 V and DC +12 V Mode Jumpers : Master; Slave; Cable Select REQUIREMENTS - Dual Processor (Intel PentiumD or equiv) 3GHz or higher, i945/i955 chipset (or equiv). 1 GB RAM Video Card: GPU: NVIDIA 6600, 6800, 7800 VGA or higher, ATI Radeon X1800 (R520) or higher with COPP support. DVI output with HDCP support or HDMI Windows XP SP2, Windows 2000 SP4 Display with SXGA (1280x1024) resolution or higher DVI input with HDCP support or HDMI DIMENSIONS - 5.75"w x 1.67"h x 7.75"d WT.- 2.17 lbs. E-mail: rmasupport@plextor.com MANUFACTURER WARRANTY:  1 YEAR

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