ASUS has officially announced their new Blu-ray Disc drive, the BC-1205PT. With its support for Blu-ray, the BC-1205PT can be used to play back high-def movies as well as read and write to most existing CD and DVD formats.

To cater to users who require high-performance optical drives that can enable high resolution movie playback and high capacity data backup, ASUS has released the next generation high-speed DVD rewriter - the ASUS BC-1205PT Blu-ray Drive. The BC-1205PT is a BD-ROM/DVD±R/RW/CD-RW drive that is capable of reading data from and writing data at 12X DVD+/- write, 4X DVD+/-R (DL) and 5X DVD-RAM speeds. This innovative drive utilizes a with a SATA interface that provides users with five times faster data transfer rates when compared with current DMA33 standards.
No word yet on when the BC-1205PT will hit the US or how much it will be. As we find out more, we'll let you know. More information, including a full list of specs, is available on ASUS's website.