LaCie sent out a press release earlier today, announcing an updated version of its d2 Blu-ray drive. Along with a new alloy case and
software suite, the drive's Blu-ray writing speeds have been boosted from 2x to 4x.
LaCie announced today that is has doubled burn speeds to 4x for it d2 Blu-ray
Drive and has updated the aluminum alloy case and software suite. The drive records, rewrites and reads 25 gigabytes (GB) or 50GB BD-R
(recordable) and BD-RE (rewritable), as well as DVD±RW DL and CD±RW. The LaCie d2 Blu-ray Drive come fully equipped with Roxio burning
software and dual FireWire 400 and USB 2.0 interfaces.
“In early 2007, LaCie was the first vendor to ship worldwide an external
solution for professional Hi-Def video recording for both Mac and Windows. Since that time, Blu-ray technology has proven to be the
dominant source for video recording and playback,” said Patrick Salin, LaCie Business Development Manager. “Burning up to 50GB of data
can take a reasonable amount of time, so doubling burn speeds not only increases work performance, but provides a cost-effective,
long-term archival process for storing data to sturdy scratch-resistant media.
LaCie d2 Blu-ray Drives are available
now for a suggested retail price of $649.99. If you'd like to read more, LaCie's entire press release can be found website.
