Pioneer has announced the BDR-PR1, a Blu-ray disc
burner designed to offer reliable BD recordings for
for long-term archival.
In an effort to increase the reliability of the BD
recordings, the new drive features a newly designed
optical pickup unit (OPU) and burns BD media using
only the Constant Linear Velocity (CLV) writing
strategy. In addition, the drive is bundled with a
digital error checking software than can be used to
check the quality of the recorded BD-R disc right
after the burning procedure, ensuring greater
longevity of the stored data.
According to Pioneer, burning on
MKM's new 50GB BD-Rs
at 4X CLV results low Burst Error Cound (BEC)
and Random Symbol Error Rate (RSER). These
parameters are among the basic signals related to
digital errors of a Blu-ray disc and Pioneer's results
are well within the specifications defined for BD-R
discs.
The BDR-PR1 is also compatible with CD and DVD media,
as you see in the specification sheet below.
The drive is expected to be released in Japan first by
the end of the month.
Epson will also release the PP-7050BD disc duplicator
in Japan, which will be equipped with Pioneer's
BDR-PR1 BD burners.
Specifications
| Supported discs for recording |
BD |
BD-R (Single/Dual layer), BD-RE(Single/Dual layer) |
| DVD |
DVD-R , DVD-R DL, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+R DL, DVD+RW, |
| CD |
CD-R, CD-RW HS, CD-RW US |
| Supported discs for reading |
BD |
BD-ROM (Single/Dual layer), BD-R (Single/Dual layer), BD-RE (Single/Dual layer) |
| DVD |
DVD-ROM (Single/Dual layer), DVD-Video, DVD-R, DVD-R DL, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+R DL, DVD+RW, DVD-ROM (Single / Dual layer), DVD-Video |
| CD |
CD-ROM (Mode 1&2), CD-ROM XA, Photo CD (Single/Multi-session), Video CD, CD-DA, CD-Extra, CD-R, CD-RW |
| Interface |
Serial ATA Revision 2.6 |
| Write speeds |
BD |
-R |
2x,4x,6x |
| -R DL |
2x,4x,6x |
| -R(LtH) |
2x,4x,6x |
| -RE |
2x |
| -RE DL |
2x |
| DVD |
-R |
1x,2x,4x,6x,8x,12x,16x |
| -R DL |
2x,4x,6x,8x |
| -RW |
1x,2x,4x,6x,8x |
| +R |
2.4x,4x,6x,8x,12x,16x |
| +R DL |
2.4x,4x,6x,8x |
| +RW |
2.4x,4x,6x,8x |
| CD |
-R |
4x,10x,16x,24x,32x,40x |
| Read Speeds |
BD-ROM ( SL) |
8x Max |
| BD-ROM (DL) |
8xMax |
| DVD-ROM (SL) |
16x Max |
| DVD-ROM (DL) |
12x Max |
| CD-ROM |
40x |
| Buffer Memory |
4 MB |
| Installation position |
Horizontal |
| Dimensions and weight |
148 mm x 42.3 mm x 181 mm (W x H x D), 750 g |