OWC unveils new quad-interface 12X Blu-ray burner
Macworld —
... expanded your external Blu-ray choices on Tuesday by releasing its new Mercury Pro 12x Blu-ray burner. The new Mercury Pro 12X Blu-ray burner features a quad interface, meaning it has support for FireWire 800 (a pair of ports), FireWire 400 (one port), USB 2.0 (one port), and eSATA (one port). OWC also includes cables for each connection. OWC’s new external Blu-ray burner uses a Pioneer BDR-205, and supports writing to single- or dual-layer BD-R media at 12X speed. Writing to BD-RE media is done at 2X speed, while writing to DVD±R is at 16X, DVD±R DL is at 8X, and CD-R is at ...
OWC takes quad-interface Mercury Pro external BD burner to 12x
Engadget HD —
Filed under: Blu-ray, Other hardware, PlayersPioneer's BDR-205 may not be hitting shelves in retail form until early next year, but those who desperately need a Blu-ray burner that outpaces the optical media currently available still have an option. OWC has today updated its long-standing Mercury Pro external BD drive -- which boasts FireWire 800, FireWire 400, USB 2.0 and eSATA connection options -- with Pioneer's latest, giving it the ability to toast BD-Rs at up to 12x. Of course, you'll need lady luck on your side ...
OWC takes quad-interface Mercury Pro external BD burner to 12x
Engadget —
Pioneer's BDR-205 may not be hitting shelves in retail form until early next year, but those who desperately need a Blu-ray burner that outpaces the optical media currently available still have an option. OWC has today updated its long-standing Mercury Pro external BD drive -- which boasts FireWire 800, FireWire 400, USB 2.0 and eSATA connection options -- with Pioneer's latest, giving it the ability to toast BD-Rs at up to 12x. Of course, you'll need lady luck on your side to actually find any media that'll support said rate, but hey, there's ...
OWC Mercury Pro 12x External Blu-ray Recorder
iTech News Net —
... (OWC) introduces Mercury Pro 12x Blu-ray burner, which is based on Pioneer BDR-205 writer. Based on Oxford 934DSB chipset, the Mercury Pro 12x offers four interfaces, including two FireWire 800 ports, a FireWire 400, an eSATA and a USB 2.0.
The burner writes single layer and double layer BD-R at up to 12x and BD-RE at 2x. It burns also DVD+/-R at up to 16X, DVD-RAM at 5x and CD-R/RW at 40x. It gets 8MB of buffer memory. The Mercury Pro 12x is priced at $349.99.
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OWC Mercury Pro 12x External Blu-Ray Burner
TechFresh, Consumer Electronics Guide —
... Other World Computing (OWC) has introduced a new member to its Blu-ray burner line-up by launching the Mercury Pro 12x External Blu-Ray Burner. Based on Pioneeer BDR-205 writer, the drive offers four different connection interfaces including FireWire 800, FireWire 400, USB 2.0 and eSATA, an 8MB of buffer memory and provides 12x write speeds for Blu-ray Disc media, 16x for DVD and 40x for CD media. The OWC Mercury Pro 12x retails for $349.99.
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