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OWC Mercury Pro 8x Blu-ray Pioneer BDR-203 External |
" ... One of the More Affordable External Blu-ray Drives
on the Block." -PC Magazine
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OWC Mercury Pro 8x Blu-ray Pioneer BDR-203 External
Burn Blu-ray, DVD, DVD-RAM, CD - all populary types of optical media!
The next generation of storage technology. Upgrade your system with an external Blu-ray burner!
With the OWC Mercury Pro 8x Blu-ray Pioneer BDR-203 External you can archive massive amounts of data (up to 50GB per disc!), and start creating DVDs using your own family and friends as the stars!
- Supports the burning of up to 50GB of data or high definition video per Blu-ray disc, or up to 8.5GB using low-cost Dual Layer DVDs.
- Has everything you will need to get up and burning with ease! Offering true Plug & Play, it's never been easier to get started creating your own DVDs.
- Four interface types! FireWire 800, FireWire 400, USB 2.0, and eSATA! With so many interface choices, it's compatible with virtually any system!
- Includes two 25GB pieces of retail Panasonic write-once media.
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 "OWC Mercury Blu-ray External
While hard drives are cheap these days, serious shooters often back up image files to recordable DVDs because they're less vulnerable to physical damage and can be easily stored in multiple locations. The capacity of these disks is limited to 8GB, however. Enter the Blu-ray format, which squeezes up to six times the data on the same size disc. Blu-ray disks are relatively expensive -- about $17 for a 25GB single-layer and $35 for 50GB dual-layer -- but prices are likely to fall when the new format's high-density rival, High-Definition DVD (HD DVD), offers writable disks. (HD DVD is currently limited to read-only movies.)
Even 2X Blu-ray writers like the OWC Mercury, an external drive, are cheaper than their 1X predecessors. This one uses a Panasonic mechanism that allows recording of 25GB in about 45 minutes, a rate of 9MB/second. The one we tested came with Roxio Toast 8 Titanium, which we needed because the Mac OS X we used doesn't offer native support for Blu-ray burning. The Mercury's rugged plastic case has a cooling fan along with three data ports, two Firewire and one USB 2.0."
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"No Matter What Type of Computer You Have, Nor What You Need To Use Blu-ray For… This Is The Perfect Solution For You! I’ve Been Looking for a Good External DVD Solution for My Mac. It Is a Good Deal. If You Are Looking For the Uber External DVD Drive for Burn and Read, Including Blu-ray, This Is The One To Beat" - Chris Pirillo |
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This Is a Full Dual Layer Blu-Ray Rewriter! Cool! A Good Example Of The High Level of Other World Computing's Service. They Included All Of The Cables ... a Nice Touch. Enclosure Is Extremely Well Put Together, And Quite Attractive ... "
- David Cohen, Macworld |
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"Very Professional Enclosure ... Every Single Kind of Input & Output That You Would Want” -MyMac Podcast, Tim Robertson, Guy Serle, David Cohen, Mark Rudd |
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"Excellent"
- Heath McKnight, Digital Video Editing |
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"Performance Is Excellent ... The Mercury Pro Blu-ray Will Smother You In Extras"
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"I would say this is a definite buy." -Kent Salas of DailyBulletin.com |
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"Easy Setup -- We Really Dig This Drive"- Charles Fulton, Videomaker |
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Get ready to be creative, the possibilities are endless with the OWC Mercury Pro!
The OWC Mercury Pro drive is fully compatible with all of the applications you want it to work with.
The OWC Mercury Pro has been tested and works with:
Apple iDVD*
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Apple iTunes*
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Apple DiscBurner*
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Roxio Toast
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*Apple software currently does not support Blu-ray drives, but the DVD and CD burning/reading portions of the OS do function. It is expected a future release of the OS will add Blu-ray support and the ability to display HD Blu-ray video.
| OWC Mercury Pro 8x Blu-ray Pioneer BDR-203 External Product Specifications: |
Chipset: |
Oxford 934DSB |
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Interface: |
- FireWire 800 (1394b) - 2 Ports
- FireWire 400 (1394a) - 1 Port
- eSATA - 1 Port
- USB 2.0 (1.1 Backwards Compatible) - 1 Port
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Format: |
External |
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Mechanism: |
Pioneer BDR-203 8x SATA Blu-ray Recordable Drive |
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Write Speed: |
- BD-R (Single Layer/Double Layer): 8x
- BD-RE (Single Layer/Double Layer): 2x
- DVD-RAM: 5x
- DVD-R: up to 16x
- DVD-R (DL) up to 8x
- DVD-RW up to 6x
- DVD+R up to 16x
- DVD+R (DL) up to 8x
- DVD+RW up to 6x
- CD-R up to 32x
- CD-RW up to 24x
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Read Speed: |
- BD-ROM (Single/Dual Layer): 8x
- BD-R (Single Layer/Double Layer): 6x
- BD-RE (Single Layer/Double Layer): 2x
- DVD-RAM: 5x
- DVD-R: 16x
- DVD+R: 16x
- DVD-R DL: 8x
- DVD+R DL: 8x
- DVD-RW: 8x
- DVD+RW: 8x
- DVD-ROM (Single Layer): 16x
- DVD-ROM (Dual Layer): 12x
- CD-ROM: 40x
- CD-R: 32x
- CD-RW: 24x
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Buffer Size: |
8MB |
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Data Capacity: |
- 50GB BD-R (Double Layer)
- 25GB BD-R (Single Layer)
- 8.5GB (Double Layer DVD+/-R DL Disc, General Use)
- 4.6GB (DVD General Use)
- 700 MB (79 min. disk)
- 650 MB (74 min. disk)
- 550MB (63 min. disk)
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Loading Mechanism: |
Tray |
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Supported Formats: |
- Blu-ray single/dual layer media
- DVD-RAM
- DVD single layer/dual layer / 120mm / 80mm disc
- DVD-R (when writing, use only 650nm ¡V for General use ¡V media)
- DVD-R (4X, 8X, 16X, 18X write speed)
- Dual Layer DVD-R and Double Layer DVD+R
- DVD-RW (1X, 2X, 4X, 6X write speed)
- DVD+R (2.4X, 4X, 8X, 16X, 18X write speed)
- DVD+RW (2.4X, 4X, 8X write speed)
- DVD-RAM (non-cartridge, Version 2.0, Version 2.1) (Read only)
- CD-ROM Mode 1
- CD-R XA Mode 2 (form 1, form 2)
- Photo CD (single and multiple sessions)
- CD-DA
- CD-Extra (CD PLUS)
- Video-CD
- CD Text
- CD-R
- CD-RW / High Speed CD-RW / Ultra Speed CD-RW
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Recording Modes: |
- Disc-at-Once
- Session-at-Once
- Track-at-Once
- Packet Writing (variable and fixed)
- Multi-Session
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Apple iTunes Support
Mac OS X 10.3 "Panther": |
This drive fully supports burning using Apple iTunes when PatchBurn 3 (available here) is used. Installation is a simple one-click process. |
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Apple DiscBurner Support
Mac OS X 10.3 "Panther": |
This drive fully supports burning using Apple DiscBurner when PatchBurn 3 (available here) is used. Installation is a simple one-click process. |
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Mac OS 9 Notes: |
This drive is not supported under Mac OS 9 or earlier. |
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Operating System: |
Macintosh with FireWire Interface and OS X 10.3 and above or PC with FireWire interface and Windows 98 or other OS with FireWire Support. USB 2.0 requires Windows 2000 or later, or Mac OS X. |
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Installation: |
Horizontal |
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Case Dimensions: |
7.5" x 2.5" x 10.5" |
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Warranty: |
1 Year |
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- OWC Mercury Pro (Pioneer BDR-203 8x Blu-ray Recordable Drive Mechanism) FireWire / USB / eSATA Combo Drive
- Power Cable
- FireWire 800 (1394b) 9 pin - 9 pin Connecting Cable - 3'
- FireWire 400 (1394a) 6 pin - 6 pin Connecting Cable - 3'
- eSATA connecting cable - 3'
- USB A-B Connecting Cable - 3'
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Brand may differ from pictured
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- Two Pieces 25GB BD-R 4x Write-Once Media
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