Panasonic announces three Blu-ray Disc burners
Posted on 21/04/06 21:03 by Johnny                             
Panasonic announces three Blu-ray Disc burners

Panasonic Japan today officially announced its first Blu-ray Disc burners. The SW-5582 is a half-height burner with support for burning and reading BD-R/RE single layer (SL) and dual layer (DL) discs at 2x speed (72 Mbps) as well as writing and reading all DVD and CD formats. A retail version of the drive, called LF-MB121JD, will also be available in Japan on June 10.

Panasonic also announced two BD slim burners for notebooks, the UJ-210 and the UJ-215. The former is a tray loading drive and the latter is a slot loading drive:

 

Panasonic

SW-5582

UJ-215

UJ-210

Type

Half-height

Slim slot

Slim tray

Interface

ATAPI

ATAPI

ATAPI

 

Write

Read

 Write

 Read

 Write

 Read

BD-R SL/DL

2x

2x

1x

1x

1x

1x

BD-RE SL/DL

2x

2x

1x

1x

1x

1x

BD-ROM

-

2x

-

1.6x

-

1.6x

DVD-RAM

5x

5x

5x

5x

5x

5x

DVD-R SL

8x

8x

8x

8x

8x

8x

DVD-R DL

4x

8x

2x

6x

2x

6x

DVD-RW

6x

8x

4x

6x

4x

6x

DVD+R SL

8x

8x

8x

8x

8x

8x

DVD+R DL

4x

8x

2.4x

6x

2.4x

6x

DVD+RW

8x

8x

4x

6x

4x

6x

CD-R

24x

32x

8x

24x

8x

24x

CD-RW

16x

24x

8x

24x

8x

24x

DVD-ROM

-

8x

-

8x

-

8x

CD-ROM

-

32x

-

24x

-

24x

Seek time

210 ms (BD-ROM)

300 ms (BD-ROM)

Size

146x190x41.3mm 

128x127x12.7mm

Panasonic LF-MB121JD

More information is available in Panasonic's press releases here and here.

Source: Panasonic

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By Controller, Fri 21 Apr 2006 21:56
I'll take a raincheck on these first generation devices. Maybe by the 3rd generation, the prices will fall to a reasonable level, DRM issues will be resolved, and the format war will be over.
By CORRSA, Fri 21 Apr 2006 23:40
if only everyone had the above view ?
By hajj_3, Fri 21 Apr 2006 23:54
it will need better specs than that for people to buy 1! make the dvd and cd writing and reading speeds as good as current dvd burners and dont make it £500 like the 1st pioneer 1x dvd writer!
By Lord KiRon, Sat 22 Apr 2006 01:52
Anyone know will it "take" DVD-RAMs with caddy ? Also will it write old x1 and x2 DVD-RAMs ?
By agomes, Sun 23 Apr 2006 00:18
If you read the press release, they say they will introduce non-cartridge discs - so this seems to be what this drive will do...and its a pitty!
By King Solomon, Sun 23 Apr 2006 00:45
You know what really pisses my off. Is that Japan gets every fuckin thing first. Shit if Japan gets it in June. We here in the US will have to waity till Sept... I want my BR burner NOOOOOWWWWWWW!!!!!
By mulderfox, Sun 23 Apr 2006 12:19
Boycott HD!!! They're trying to limit fair use? we'll limit their profits! http://writersblocklive.com/boycott/
By KickF, Mon 24 Apr 2006 19:58
KickFwhat the hell are you crying about King salamon ??? what about the EU ... Firsth Asia and Japan cuz they make the damn stuff and are a techy people ( duh ) ... the the US ... and the fisrth 6 - 8 months later we in EU can get the hands on the stuff ... Darn PSP and PS2 Frown ... Still as sayed 1 gen. devices are costy and crappy .. so I`ll wait for the gen. ore gen. 3 .... who need HD-DVD and BlueRay now anyhow ? Dual Layer DVD will do just fine ...

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