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Brand: Sony
Category: CE

List Price: ~~$699.99~~
Buy Used: $299.99
You Save: $400.00 (57%)

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Format: Cd
Platform: Windows Xp
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Fragile: No
Batteries Included: No
Operating System: Windows
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.5
Dimensions (in): 10.6 x 8.8 x 5.2
Warranty: 1 year warranty

MPN: BWU100A
Model: BWU100A
UPC: 027242697126
EAN: 0027242696754
ASIN: B000GPLVOI

Release Date: August 21, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Features:

•	Record up to 50GB data or 4 hours of 1080 HD video to a single BD disc
•	Keeps HD video in native 1080 format
•	Multi-format Drive Burns BD, DVD, and CD discs
•	Store up to 50GB on a single BD-R/-RE disc
•	Records 50GB/25GB BD-R/-RE, 8.5GB DVD+R Double/Dual Layer, 4.7GB DVD+R/+RW/RAM, CD-R/RW Discs

Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
Sony Internal Blu-ray Rewritable Drive - The next generation of optical storage has arrived for your PC. CDs let you burn up to 700MB of data, DVDs can achieve up to 8.5GB, but Blu-ray discs can hold up to a whopping 50GB of any type of data you can throw at it. It's the perfect storage solution for massive amounts of audio, video, raw hi-res pictures, more. It can even hold up to 4 hours of 1080 HD quality video (on an optional 50GB disc). It installs easily into an available optical drive bay in your desktop computer, and like DVD recorders before it, it is backwards compatible. If Blu-ray is to much for some projects, burn to DVD or CD media. Sustained Data Transfer Rate - 9MB/s max. (BD-ROM) / 10.8MB/s (DVD-ROM) / 4.6MB/s (CD-ROM) Average Access Time - 210ms (BD-ROM) / 170ms (DVD-ROM) / 160ms (CD-ROM) Interface - internal EIDE Buffer Memory - 8MB

Amazon.com Product Description
For those who want to be on the leading edge of technology, here it is. Sony's first generation Blu-ray drive, the BWU-100A, combines format compatibility with all flavors of DVD and CD media, while adding the ability to record to the newest format on the block, Blue-ray Disc. table align=left width=150 cellpadding=10 tr td img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/electronics/detail-page/BWU100A-1-sm-072406.jpg" border=0 align=topbrbrsmallibAdd a tray-loading Blu-ray Disc drive to your PC to harness the power of high definition video. View larger./b/i/small/td/tr/table table align=right width=150 cellpadding=10 tr td img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/electronics/detail-page/BWU100A-2-072406.jpg" border=0 align=topbrbrsmallibBlu-ray is the next generation of storage and entertainment media./b/i/small/td/tr tr td img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/electronics/detail-page/BWU100A-3-sm-072406.jpg" border=0 align=topbrbrsmallibSingle-layer (25 GB), dual-layer (50 GB), and rewritable Blu-ray Discs can be recorded on the BWU-100A. The drive supports DVD and CD authoring, too. View larger./b/i/small/td/tr /table The drive supports recording both 50 GB and 25 GB BD-R (write once) and BD-RE (rewritable) discs, as well as 4.7 GB DVD+R/+RW/RAM, 8.5GB DVD+R Double/Dual Layer, and CD-R/-RW discs. Simply put, this drive is ready for your most ambitious video and data storage needs.p A single dual layer 50G BD disc can store up to 4 hours of 1080 HD video, making the BWU-100A the perfect solution for keeping High Definition video shot on your HDV camcorder in native HD. Boasting up to 50GB of online, random access storage, BD discs are also ideal for computer backup and data storage applications. And, since the BWU-100A can record DVDs and CDs, all your burning projects can be handled by a single drive.p The drive can be easily installed in your PC via an available Parallel ATA (P-ATA)/EIDE interface. Sony includes the Cyberlink software suite, which authors BD and DVD discs, while also offering general disc burning for Blu-ray Disc, DVD, and CD. The software works with Windows XP and Windows 2000 PCs.p bWhat is Blu-ray?/bbr Billed as the next generation of optical storage, Blue-ray Disc (BD) places an emphasis on high definition video playback, high definition gaming, and information storage. Blue-ray discs have the same disc diameter of a CD or DVD, but offer up to 50GB of storage per disc and are extremely durable. A single-layer Blu-ray Disc has enough storage capacity (25GB) for approximately two hours of high-definition video with audio. A dual-layer (50GB) Blue-ray Disc can hold enough data for approximately four hours of HD video. Blu-ray Disc is backed by all the major Hollywood studios and most electronics and computer makers, making it the natural successor of DVD in the high definition arena.p bWhat's in the Box/bbr Internal BWU-100A Blu-ray Disc Rewritable Drive, Cyberlink PowerProducer BD/DVD authoring software, Cyberlink PowerDirector editing software, Cyberlink Power2Go data burning software, Cyberlink InstantBurn packet writing software, Cyberlink PowerBackup backup software, Cyberlink PowerDVD player software, mounting screws, user's manual, and quick start guide.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars

Great burner!! November 30, 2008
I bought this unit 2 years ago and I can tell you that this unit works great. It comes with cyberlink software that gives you the ability to convert your movies and data files on to blu ray discs. You can burn BD-R and BD-RE 25 and 50GB discs. I use it mostly though for burning my x-box 360 games since BD discs are still a little too pricey right now. I highly recommend getting one as soon as they become more affordable.

1 out of 5 stars

Received Money Back March 22, 2008
0 out of 7 found this review helpful

As I received my money back or in other words reinbursed as I did notbr /br /receive this product I can not comment on this product, All I can say isbr /br /thanks to Amazon in there swift action on getting on to the supplier andbr /br /telling them to fix this situation as soon as possible which they did,

4 out of 5 stars

make sure to upgrade software first March 17, 2007
15 out of 15 found this review helpful

I bought this writer to copy my HDV movies onto blue-ray and play them on my playstation 3. Once i wrote my first BD-RE , i put it in my PS3. It would not play and kept ask me a 4 digit password.Having no passwords set up i called playstation. Their rep was unable to help. Once i chatted the sony customer service from the burner, i got help. He was nice enough to give me the link for the burner's software upgrade. I had to re-write my disc again and it played flawlessly on my PS3. This burner is perfect if you have a HDV camcorder and a Playstation 3. Picture quality was superb.br /Installation was a piece of cake. Needed to buy a 20 bucks firewire card in addition, that was it.br /why not 5 stars? The PowerDVD software and the overall price tag. br /

3 out of 5 stars

Works as advertized but don't expect disks to play to on your HDTV March 9, 2007
14 out of 17 found this review helpful

The drive was easy to set up and worked OK for data storage. Unfortunately the drive and software supplied will not make HD movies or slide shows that can be played on Blu-Ray disk players. By using other software it is possible to make disks that will play on some, but not Sony, Blu-Ray players.br /The drive as supplied will not fit through the front plate of my new Dell XPS desktop computer (too wide) - have seen similar comments from other buyers.

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