ASUS brings High Definition technology to the masses by offering a cheaper drive that has reading capabilities for Blu-ray, DVD and CD media. The new ASUS BC1205PT enters the market in direct competition with the Pioneer BDC-202 drive, which shares the same specifications, and possibly the LiteOn DH-4O1S - a BD-ROM drive.
The ASUS BC-1205PT is a BD-ROM/DVD±R/RW/CD-RW drive capable of reading data from and writing data to DVD+R/RW/DVD-R/RW/ DVD-RAM formats.
Performance:
Supported Formats (write):
-CD
-DVD
System Requirements:
Physical Characteristics:
Interface: SATA
Buffer Size: 4MB
Firmware Update: Flash memory upgradable
Writing Mode:
The ASUS BC1205PT drive comes with the CyberLink BD Solution software package and also includes the following applications:
The heart of the drive is the RENESAS R8J32500FPV chip, also found on the Pioneer BDR-202 drive, which we recently reviewed here on cdrinfo.com.
- DVD Info pro
- Nero Info Tool