Sony USA was kind enough to send us their new BD-ROM Drive, the BDU-X10S; this is a true internal SATA drive. The BDU-X10S incorporates BD-ROM reading at 2x while still supporting CD-R/RW reading at 24x, DVD+R/RW and DVD+R DL reading capabilities at 8x.   

We invite you to have a look at the “Press Release” on the Sony BDU-X10S
 

In this review we will show the performance of the BDU-X10S when reading Blu-ray media along with running the drive through tests on a variety of CD and DVD media.

Company Information

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Sony Corporation is headquartered in Japan but it is a global company with presence on all continents.

New Sony headquarters, Minato-ku, Tokyo

Sony's history began during the first year of post-World War II occupation of Japan. In May of 1946, Akio Morita and Masaru Ibuka founded Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo K.K. (Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Corporation) in Tokyo. The start-up capital valued at approximately $4000 was a loan from Morita's family that ran a sake business for many generations.

By mid-1950s, the company was making and exporting hundreds of thousands of early transistor radios to Europe and North America. In January of 1958, it changed its name to an easier-to-pronounce Sony.

Sony Corporation of America (SONAM), presently known as SCA, was established in the United States in February 1960.

Sony Corporation of America provides the following corporate overview:

Sony Corporation of America, based in New York City, is the U.S. subsidiary of Sony Corporation, headquartered in Tokyo. Sony is a leading manufacturer of audio, video, communications, and information technology products for the consumer and professional markets. Its music, motion picture, television, computer entertainment, and online businesses make Sony one of the most comprehensive entertainment companies in the world. Sony's principal U.S. businesses include Sony Electronics Inc., Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc., Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc., and a 50% interest in Sony BMG Music Entertainment, one of the largest recorded music companies in the world. Sony recorded consolidated annual sales of approximately $70.3 billion for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007, and it employs 163,000 people worldwide. Sony's consolidated sales in the U.S. for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007 were $18.9 billion.

Learn more about Sony Corporation of America by visiting the company website: http://www.sony.com/SCA/.

Learn more about Sony products at the Sony USA website: http://www.sony.com/.

Sony's global website is located at http://www.sony.net/.

Now, let us connect the drive and check out the features, program bundle on the next page…

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