Pioneer Electronics has announced their latest internal Blu-ray drive burner– the BDR-2203. Shipping in April with a suggested price of $249.99, the BDR-2203 has the following features:

• Writes up to 8x speed on BD-R & BD-R DL and up to 2x on BD-RE & BD-RE DL Blu-ray Disc Media
• Writes up to 16x speed on DVD-R/+R, up to 8x on DVD-R/+R (DL), up to 8x on DVD+RW, up to 6x on DVD-RW, up to 5x on DVD-RAM, up to 32x on CD-R, and up to 24x on CD-RW
• Reads up to 8x speed on BD-ROM/BD-ROM DL, BD-R, and BD-RE and up to 6x on BD-R DL and BD-RE DL media
• Reads up to 16x speed on DVD-ROM, DVD-R/+R, and DVD-Download, up to 12x on DVD-ROM DL, DVD-RW/+RW, and DVD-R/+R (DL), up to 5x on DVD-RAM, up to 40x on CD-ROM, up to 32x on CD-R, and up to 24x on CD-RW media
• Includes CyberLink PowerDirector, PowerDVD, and Power2Go software applications
• SATA interface

A couple of things stand out to me. First off – burning 25GB of data to a single layer BD disc will take approximately 15 minutes while burning 50GB will take approximately 30 minutes. Nice. Secondly – the price. It has a suggested price of $249.99 which means street prices will definitely be lower. Time to consider getting an internal Blu-ray drive finally.

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