Blu-ray Recorders
Thursday, October 9th, 2008Blu-ray recorders have come a long way in a short period of time. Having spent some time anticipating the release of the recordable Blu-ray format it’s very exciting to see the rapid growth of the technology. At first dedicated drive that only recorded BD-R and BD-RE seemed the direction manufacturers were going in but now we see a wide range of multi format drives supporting BD-R, BD-RE, DVD-R,+R, Dual Layer +R and CD-R. The speeds are not like a dedicated DVD recorder and for that matter a CD recorder to a DVD or Blu-ray drive.
Some of the new high-capacity 4x recordable Blu-ray disc multi format Drives are listed below. Of course as soon as we put this out 6x and 8x are at the door step. We are now using 6x LiteOn drives in our Recordable Blu-ray duplicators and recorders.
LiteOn:
LiteOne’s DH-4B1S Serial ATA Blu-ray disc triple writer is one of the most popular drives at this point. It’s a bit faster then the Pioneer drive in the DVD writing and CD-R
One free SATA connector.
| Performance | (BD) Maximum Speed |
| Write | |
| BD -R/RE/ROM/SL/DL: 4x CAV | |
| Random access time: 350ms | |
| (DVD) Maximum Speed | |
| Write | |
| DVD +R/-R SL:12x | |
| DVD +R/-R DL: 8x | |
| DVD + RW/-RW SL: 8x | |
| DVD -9: 8x | |
| Random access time:160 ms | |
| (CD) Maximum Speed | |
| Write | |
| CDR/CDRW: 32x | |
| Random access time: 150 ms | |
| Interface | SATA |
| Supported Transfer Mode | UDMA mode 0/1/2/3/4/5 PIO mode 0/1/2/3/4 |
| Buffer Size
Disc Size |
8 Mbytes (BD) 120 mm discs (DVD) 80 and 120 mm discs (CD) 80 and 120 mm discs |
| Disc Formats | (BD) BD-R, BD-RE, BD-ROM, BD-R DL, BD-RE DL, BD-ROM DL (DVD) DVD Video, DVD-5, DVD-9, DVE-10, DVD-18, DVD+RW 4.7GB, DVD+R 4.7GB, DVD-RW 4.7GB(closed session), DVD-R 4.7 GB, DVD +R9 (CD) CD-DA, RAW, CD-ROMXA (m1, m2, m2f1/m2f2), CD-R, CD-RW, CD-Plus, CD-I |
| Physical Characteristics | Dimension: 145.8 X 180 X 41.4 mm (W x L x H) Weight: 800g(max) |
| Power Requirement | DC 12 V ±10 % 1.5A, 5 V ±5% 1.5A |
| General | Environment |
| 5°C to 50°C; Relative Humidity: 15% to 80% | |
| -40°C to 65°C; Relative Humidity: 15% to 95% | |
| 145(W) x 41.3(H) x 170(D) mm | |
| MTBF: 60,000 POH | |
| Flash memory upgradeable | |
| OS Compatibility: Window XP SP2 or later/ Win2000 SP4 or later/ Linus/ VISTA |
Pioneer:
Pioneer’s Blu-ray recorder BDR-202 provides write speeds of 4x on BD-R (write once) and 2x for BD-RE Blu-ray discs (rewritable). The BDR-202 reads at 2x speed on BD-ROM (single & dual layer), BD-R (single layer), and BD-RE (single layer) Blu-ray disc media. The Pioneer BDR-202 also writes at up to 8x speed on DVD-R/+R 4.7GB (single layer), up to 2x on DVD-R (dual layer), up to 2.4x on DVD+R (double layer) and up to 4x on DVD-RW/+RW media. The Pioneer Blu-ray recorder reads at 8x speed on DVD-ROM & DVD±R media and 6x on DVD±R (DL) & DVD±RW media. The BDR-202 uses a SATA (Serial ATA Interface (Ver 1.0A)) internal connection. 
Data transfer rate of 1.5Gb a second.
It looks like 100GB is right around the corner. It’s a amazing amount of archival storage and high definition video. CD Dimensions Blu-ray disc duplicators offer high speed and relibility. Our BD-R duplicators are intigrated with LiteOn SATA drives which provide greater reliability and efficency then the old PATA drives. Serial ATA provides smaller cable routing making unit cooling far more effective. This increases the life of the drive and your ROI on the Blu-ray duplicator.
