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(More customer reviews)Pioneer set out decade+ ago by releasing among the first CD/DVD burners, focusing on write quality instead of bottom digging price. Generations of reliable burners have been released, producing happy memories for user here.
Their latest is the 1st generation, 1st to market Bluray burner capable of supporting the latest 100/128GB BDXL standard introduced mid 2010 in Japan.
The USA has not had any Bluray recorders at all for over-the-air HDTV broadcasts, unlike Japan, and hasn't realized the demand for higher capacity Bluray recordable discs yet.
The benefit naturally is each 100GB disc can store about 500-700 minutes of HD video - a boon for those wanting to archive HD camcorder videos, photos, and other large filesets to disc.
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1. Only available option for a BDXL burner as of mid 2011.
2. Quiet drive.
3. Even works fine with older XP SP3 P4 system using the Addonics SATA TO IDE converter I also bought and reviewed here.
4. Free BDXL disc is currently a ~$50 disc sold only in Japan (or you'll have to import).
5. Excellent burn quality (see YSS dvd site in Japan) on top tier discs. A good sign for users archiving weddings, etc.
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1. Slower top burn speed for single and double layer DVD/BLURAY discs vs Pioneer's latest non-BDXL Bluray burner (12x vs 8x), at ~2x the current price. Thus, if you never intend to buy or use BDXL 100/128GB discs, buy their other Bluray burner.
(eg ~1:40hrs to burn a 100GB BDXL disc, ~8 minutes to burn a SL Bluray disc on this burner.)
2. No BDXL discs sold in the USA as of mid 2011. You will need to import them from Japan at ~$50/disc!
Upgrading from an older Pioneer CD/DVD burner, I went for the latest to backup HD videos of all sorts. Future price drops in BDXL discs coupled with built-in future proofing through BDXL support made this slower Bluray burner a good choice for the upgrade.
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