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Sony BWU100A Internal ATAPI EIDE Blu-Ray Disc Drive



		For those who want to be on the leading edge of technology, here it is. Sony's first generation Blu-ray drive, the BWU-100A, combines format compatibility with all flavors of DVD and CD media, while adding the ability to record to the newest format on the block, Blue-ray Disc.
The drive supports recording both 50 GB and 25 GB BD-R (write once) and BD-RE (rewritable) discs, as well as 4.7 GB DVD+R/+RW/RAM, 8.5GB DVD+R Double/Dual Layer, and CD-R/-RW discs. Simply put, this drive is ready for your most ambitious video and data storage needs. A single dual layer 50G BD disc can store up to 4 hours of 1080 HD video, making the BWU-100A the perfect solution for keeping High Definition video shot on your HDV camcorder in native HD. Boasting up to 50GB of online, random access storage, BD discs are also ideal for computer backup and data storage applications. And, since the BWU-100A can record DVDs and CDs, all your burning projects can be handled by a single drive. The drive can be easily installed in your PC via an available Parallel ATA (P-ATA)/EIDE interface. Sony includes the Cyberlink software suite, which authors BD and DVD discs, while also offering general disc burning for Blu-ray Disc, DVD, and CD. The software works with Windows XP and Windows 2000 PCs.