Sony Electronics has unveiled its second-generation internal Blu-ray Disc (BD) writer drive with 4X BD-R and 16X DVD+R recording speeds. The new BWU-200S model reduces BD-R burning time by half so that a full 50GB BD-R disc can be recorded in about 45 minutes. The writer drive also comes with improved DVD burning speeds to act as a multi-format combo burner that eliminates the need for more than one drive in a system.
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The drive features CyberLink BD Solution software that offers a comprehensive application for capturing, authoring, editing, burning and viewing high-definition personal content captured in the native HDV 1080i format from an HDV camcorder. In addition, the software supports recording on DVDs and CDs, as well as playback of DVDs recorded in the AVCHD format.

The BWU-200S drive can record up to 50GB of data for random access storage and backup on BD-R (write once) or BD-RE (rewritable) discs, or up to 230 minutes of high-definition HDV 1080i video on a BD-R/RE 50GB disc. In addition, it supports recording on standard single layer 4.7GB DVD+R/+RW/RAM discs, 8.5GB DVD+R double/dual layer discs, and CDs.

The internal drive features a Serial ATA (SATA) interface and standard 5.25-inch form-factor for easy installation inside a desktop PC with Microsoft (News - Alert) Windows XP or Windows Vista software.

"Consumers and professional videographers alike can enjoy the huge storage capacity to record and experience high-definition video with our Blu-ray Disc drive," said Bob DeMoulin, marketing manager for branded storage products in Sony Electronics' IT Products Division.

The BWU-200S is supported by Adobe Encore CS3 that now comes combined with Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 software so that video production professionals can output high-definition video on a Blu-ray Disc with MPEG-2 or H.264 compression Communications industry. The library offers white papers, case studies and other documents which are free to registered users.