In addition to the limited accessibility of the 6x Blu ray discs, their cost is also sky-scraping for the end users. Let us expect that the circumstances will change in the coming months as the media companies’ rise up the creation. This amazing drive could be also used as a Blu-ray movie playback gadget, once your PC’s features meet some needs and of course, you have the right Blu ray Disc playback software. The Sony Blu-ray disc burner also sustains compatibility with DVD and CD discs equally for read and write. We will review two very popular disc burners, one disc burner is coming from Sony, and another disc burner from lacie – the company that specialized in disc burners and hard drivers.

Sony BWU-300S Blu ray disc burner

Fundamental features comprise 8x burning for both the single layer and double layered discs, using the fractional CAV recording mode. BD-RE is burned at 2x for equally for double layered and single layered in addition to the new BD-R LTH Type discs. Sony’s most recent Blu-ray disc burner pushes the limits of the Blu-ray disc burning at its physical limits. The latest Sony BWU-300S Blu-ray disc burner provides 8-x recording for the most recent six BD-R media that actually means that you could burn 25GB of data in less than just 30 minutes. To judge against to the preceding generation of BD disc burners, Sony’s new drive is considerably faster and it could be more eye-catching to customers.

LaCie d2 Blu-ray disc burner

The LaCie d2 External Blu-ray disc burner is an expensive disc burner. It supports all ocular media formats excluding HD DVD. The LaCie d2′s feat beats that of Sony’s latest offering, the BWU-100A, however the LaCie is about $300 more pricey than the BWU-100A. Unless you are a video proficient who enormously requires HD burning competence, you should wait unless the prices fall by some hundred dollars and write speeds go up. The LaCie d2 Blu-ray disc burner works evenly balanced with other Blu-ray disc burners.

In technical words, though, the LaCie d2 had the edge based on its greater bandwidth connection. As per the studies ripping an 8.47GB commercial DVD movie take around 23 minutes and 12 seconds. Burning that image to a DVD+R DL will take 20 minutes and 50 seconds. A 4.48GB assorted data file takes about 10 minutes and 22 seconds to burn to DVD. The drive takes 4 minutes and 12 seconds to rip a 746MB commercial CD. When it came to high definition content, the LaCie d2 really matched the Sony BWU-100A internal disc burner, although the LaCie d2 won by a very minor margin.

The BWU-300S Blu ray drive could record about 50GB of data for random access storage and backing on Blu ray Disc-R or Blu ray Disc-rewritable discs, or up to 230 minutes of high-definition HDV with 1080i video on a BD-R/RE 50GB disc. It also line ups recording on customary single layer DVD with memory 4.7GB +-R+-RW RAM discs, 8.5GB DVD+-R double/dual layer discs, and CDs. The in-house drive features are — a Serial ATA interface and customary 5.25-inch form-factor for trouble-free installation within a desktop PC with Microsoft Windows XP or Windows Vista operating systems. This innovative Sony Blu ray drive is completely supported by Adobe Encore CS3 software, now incorporated with Adobe Premiere Pro CS3, and Sony’s Vegas Pro 8 and DVD Architect Pro 5 software, offering video production professionals with an additional option for high-definition video on a Blu-ray Disc with MPEG-2 or H.264 compression.

Specifications

Ocular Storage
Read Speed 32x (CD) / 8x (DVD) / 2x (BD)
Write Speed 24x (CD) / 8x (DVD±R) / 4x (DVD±R DL) / 2x (BD-R)
Rewrite Speed 16x (CD) / 6x (DVD-RW) / 8x (DVD+RW) / 5x (DVD-RAM) / 2x (BD-RE)
Supported Recording Modes Multi session
Supported CD Formats CD Text, CD Extra, CD-DA (audio), CD-ROM XA, Photo CD, Video CD, CD-ROM, DVD-Video
Supported Media Types CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RAM, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, DVD+R, DVD+R DL, DVD-R DL, BD-R, BD-R DL, BD-RE, BD-RE DL, BD-ROM, BD-ROM DL
Media Load Type Tray
Access Time 160 ms (CD), 170 ms (DVD), 210 ms (BD)
Buffer Size 8 MB
Expansion / Connectivity
Interfaces 1 x IDE/ATAPI – 40 pin IDC
Compatible Bays 1 x front accessible – 5.25″ x 1/2H
Software / System Requirements
Software Included Cyber link Power DVD, Cyber Link Power Director, Cyber Link Power Producer, Cyber Link Power2Go, Cyber Link Power Backup
OS Required Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows XP
System Requirements Details Pentium III – 800 MHz – RAM 256 MB

Here are the features of Sony BWU 300S Blu-Ray Burner

• The Sony BWU 300S Blu-Ray Burner is probably one of the first disc burners to be offering 8X recording for a standard BD-R media. What this means is – You can now burn up to 25 GB of data in all of 30 minutes. How cool is that!
• The 300S Drive is far more efficient than earlier BD drives, which obviously enhances the process of BD burning.
• The Sony BWU 300S Blu-Ray Burner takes technology far ahead of its competitors because of its ability to burn 6X BD-R media at breakneck speed. Just so you know – Finding 6X compatible burners is a challenge today, and Sony provides 8X recording.
• With Partial CAV recording mode, you can now experience 8X burning on both single and dual layer discs. You can burn BD-RE at 2X for both dual and single layers.
• If you can get the specifications of your PC right, you can probably use the drive of the Sony BWU 300S Blu-Ray Burner, as a standalone movie playback device. You may also, to accomplish this, need a BD Playback software.
• The wavelength of laser used here is in the range of 400nm – 410nm. The Sony BWU 300S Blu-Ray Burner also provides a power output of 25.3 Mw. For DVDs, the wavelength used is 656nm, and a power output of 73 Mw. A wavelength of 779 nm is applicable for CDs and it has a power output here of 61Mw.
• Compliant with the universal Serial ATA interface and having a buffer capacity of 8 MB, the Sony BWU 300S Blu-Ray Burner has enough power in it to be called as the world’s best Blu-Ray Burner.
• Panasonic MN103SG0KBA chipset is responsible for adding to the robust performance of the drive of Sony BWU 300S Blu-Ray Burner.

For $300 thereabouts, the Sony BWU 300S Blu-Ray Burner is an absolute steal. Experts agree to the fact with the plans of BDA to take Blu-Ray burning to a new level where it can beat CD and DVD Burning hands down, the Sony BWU 300S Blu-Ray Burner has probably arrived just at the right time.

And if anything had to top the features of the Sony BWU 300S Blu-Ray Burner, it is the retail package. The retail package appears complete, with no chinks whatsoever.

Final Thoughts

If you wish to buy a good quality Blu-Ray burner, think Sony BWU 300S Blu-Ray Burner. This Blu-Ray burner packs enough punch in it to deliver optimal sound quality at burning speeds, you wouldn’t have heard of before.

The Sony BWU 300S Blu-Ray Burner, is truly a revolutionary equipment, even in the ever-changing Blu-ray burning domain!