LaCie has announced that they've started shipping their new d2 Blu-ray
Drive. According to their press release, it is the world's first external Blu-ray burning solution for Mac OS and
Windows.
LaCie today
announced it is first to ship worldwide a professional external Blu-ray burning solution for Mac OS and Windows called the LaCie d2
Blu-ray Drive. The drive records, rewrites and reads 25GB or 50GB BD-R (recordable) and BD-RE (rewritable), as well as DVD±RW DL and
CD±RW. LaCie d2 Blu-ray Drives come fully equipped with Roxio burning software and dual FireWire/USB interfaces. The external solution is
housed in LaCie's trusted and durable d2 case made of sturdy aluminum alloy...
...LaCie d2 Blu-ray Drives come with
user-friendly and full-featured Roxio software including Roxio Easy Media Creator 8 for Windows, and Toast 7 Titanium for Mac - both with
new support for Blu-ray. Software enables BD image-to-disc recording, disc-to-disc copy, and data transfer for file backup. All users can
treat BD-RE like a removable storage device with drag-and-drop capabilities, while Mac users have the ability to mount burned BD on the
desktop.
LaCie d2 Blu-ray Drives are available now for a suggested retail price of $1149. More information can be found on
LaCie's website.
