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The Japanese company, Buffalo, has announced two new Blu-ray combo drives based on the Pioneer BDC-202. The internal BRC-5125FBS-BK and external BRC-5125U2 can read and write to most CD and DVD formats and can be used to play back Blu-ray Disc movies. Here is a full list of specs:



Writing Speeds:
DVD±R: 12x
DVD±R DL: 4x
DVD±RW: 6x
DVD-RAM: 5x
CD-R: 24x
CD-RW: 24x

Read Speeds:
BD-ROM (Single): 5x Max
BD-ROM (Dual): 2x Max
BD-R/RE (Single): 5x Max
BD-R/RE (Dual): 2x Max
DVD-ROM (Single): 12x Max
DVD-ROM (Dual): 8x Max
DVD±R: 12x Max
DVD±RW: 8x Max
DVD±R DL: 8x Max
DVD-RAM: 5x Max
CD-ROM/CD-R: 32x Max
CD-RW: 24x Max

The BRC-5125FBS-BK and BRC-5125U2 will ship in late June and are priced at 53,000 Yen ($435US) and 63,700 Yen ($523US)respectively. This isn't a very good deal considering you can get Blu-ray Disc writers for as little as $400 these days. If you'd like to read more, Buffalo's entire press release can be found here.

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