Tag archive: Burner

Disc burners can only get so small, but Pioneer thinks it has hit the threshold. The company has unveiled the BDR-XD04, the “world's smallest and lightest portable burner supporting BDXL currently available.” It measures only 5.2 inches by 5.2 inches, is only half an inch thick and weighs about half a pound. If you record at slower speeds, the unit can also be entirely powered by USB.It can read and write to all BDXL formats… Read More

Other World Computing has announced a new external Blu-ray burner—and although the company is mainly known for selling Mac peripherals, the OWC Mercury Pro Blu-ray Burner features interfaces that should let users burn BD media from just about anything with a USB 2.0, Firewire 400, Firewire 800, or eSATA port. The burner managed 4× speeds, meaning it pushes about 1 GB per minute to BD media, making it a decent backup solution… Read More

If you’ve dropped a couple hundred dollars on a 4x Blu-ray burner lately, you may be interested to know that the first 4x-writable Blu-ray discs are available, allowing you to finally exercise your pricy investment. Panasonic announced on Tuesday that it would be the first manufacturer to offer the faster-writing discs. Single-layer discs with 25GB capacities will be available later this month, while the dual-layer 50GB discs will be coming… Read More

Sony today announced details about the forth coming DRX-810UL/T external DVD burner. This unit, which is Mac and PC compatible, will be available in November for less than $150. The DRX-810UL/T, said Sony, works with both PCs and Macs. It comes bundled with both Toast 6 Lite (Mac) and Nero (PC) software for storing and sharing of home movies, digital photos, and music at 8X maximum for DVD+R Double Layer recording speed, enabling users to… Read More

Manufacturers will still have some leeway to charge higher prices for dual-layer DVD burning capabilities, but for many, a DVD burner will become a commodity product later this fall. For the first time in more than a decade, moreover, the optical storage industry also won't have a clear-cut path leading toward a next-generation storage medium. As always, a problem for drive makers is a boon for consumers. Take, for example, the fate… Read More

Sateira CD&DVD Burner is a package of four fast and easy-to-use high-quality programs for CD and DVD burning. With Data Burner you can create and burn traditional data, multisession, and bootable CDs, DVDs, and ISO images. With Audio Burner you can create and burn audio CDs from WAV files and burn CUE images to disc directly. DropToCD Lite allows you to quickly back up your data to CD or DVD media. With Session Commander you can… Read More