In House Review - Sony BWU-100A Blu-ray Disc Writer

[Ian]

CDRLabs kicks off the week with an in depth look at Sony's new Blu-ray Disc writer, the BWU-100A. Offering support for both single and dual layer BD media, the BWU-100A has the ability to store up to 50GB of data or four hours worth of HD video onto a single disc. Sony's new drive is also capable of playing commercial Blu-ray Disc movies and can read and write to all major CD and DVD formats, including DVD-RAM.

In this review we'll take a look at some of the features found on the BWU-100A and see how it compares to the drives from I-O DATA and Pioneer. Does Sony's new Blu-ray Disc writer have what it takes? You'll have to read the review to find out.

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[Ian]

I didn't mention this in the review, but the BWU-100A is based on the Panasonic SW-5582.

Also, if you enjoyed the review, please digg it.

[Ian]

1.0c firmware is out:

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Fixes in 1.0c
- Improved writing to DVD+RW 8x (MKM Produced) Media.

http://www.sonyisstorage.com/bv_downloa ... 0A_10c.exe

[dolphinius_rex]

wow... thank god they fixed that 8x DVD+RW problem... I think that's probably why everyone was buying these drives