Pioneer’s 12x BDR-205 Blu-ray burner is so fast it’s ahead of its time

September 30th, 2009 | Tags:

Blu-ray , Other hardware , Pioneer We’re still not sure if that many people are interested in buying Blu-ray burners yet, but Pioneer just unveiled the first 12x capable drive (up from 8x , and with an 8x read speed that gives us a great idea for the next PlayStation 3 revision) the BDR-205. Initially rolling out to OEMs this month, this drive couldn’t wait for 12x certified discs to exist, though its full speed has been tested on Panasonic and Sony 6x BD-R blanks, “12x writing on all media cannot be guaranteed.” Minus that caveat, expect to see these popping up on Newegg and the like any second now, the only price mentioned is for the full retail package BD-2205 coming Q1 2010 for $249

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Pioneer’s 12x BDR-205 Blu-ray burner is so fast it’s ahead of its time

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