December 24, 2009
Blu-Ray Gets A Leg Up
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on December 2009 So, you’ve decided to go with the Blu-ray crowd and dump DVD forever in spite of that nagging little voice whispering “Internet, pal…” in your ear. Well, what to do for a BD burner fast enough for all that juicy data? Buffalo reckons it has the answer in […]
By Metropolis
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on December 2009
So, you’ve decided to go with the Blu-ray crowd and dump DVD forever in spite of that nagging little voice whispering “Internet, pal…” in your ear. Well, what to do for a BD burner fast enough for all that juicy data?
Buffalo reckons it has the answer in the shape of the world’s fastest USB 3.0 BD writer: the 12-speed BR-X1216U3, a ¥39,100 PC or Mac drive that’s just hit the stores.
It’s definitely a great leap forward for the fledgling technology (and slightly scary price tags), but Buffalo is hoping you’ll overlook the lack of USB 3.0 ports in most computers on the market and maybe buy one of their add-in cards (from ¥6,300) to up the ante. Oh, and there aren’t actually any 12x BD disks in the shops yet—8x is yer lot for now.
