Buffalo's Blu-ray burner hits 8x, BDA says wha?

For what it's worth, Buffalo just announced the world's fastest Blu-ray recorder capable of burning through your data at an 8x clip. The only problem is that BDA-approved media maxes out at 6x, assuming you can even find it. Available in Japan starting next month, the external USB 2.0 and eSATA BR-816SU2 and internal SATA BR-816FBS models hit that 8x recording speed on single-layer BD-R media only -- 2x for dual-layer BD-R, BD-RE, and LTH BD-R. CDs and DVDs are supported too naturally, with a max 16x burn to DVD±R or 48x/24x for CD-R/RW. Each drive comes bundled with Cyberlink's PowerDVD 7 suite and are priced at ¥46,700 (about $435) for the external drive or ¥41,000 (about $380) for the internal optical spinner.

[Via BIOS and CDRinf]

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 24th 2008 12:58PM]

Awesome News!! Another great new product, now all we need is to have this product here in the USA!!

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 24th 2008 4:34PM]

That is really good, considering BD format maxes out burning at like 12x speed. But with technolgoy, you never know, we may see a 15x BD burner in the next 7 years :) The price is perfect, considering how fast it is VS the cost, normally you would see a price tag of an external drive well above 500$. Good for you Buffalo, good for you.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 24th 2008 3:48PM]

I'm planning to get a Blu-ray burner next year when I build a new PC. The way prices are dropping and speeds increasing on these things, I figure it will probably be a 10x burner for around $250 or so.

[DaveBG Posted Jul 24th 2008 4:03PM]

Awesome news! Faster speeds are always welcome!

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 25th 2008 2:10PM]

Cheaper media please...

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 26th 2008 4:08PM]

Hey! Doesnt anyone react to the combination of BD 8x and USB 2.0?

Isn't 8x in the region of ~43 MB/s?

Then how is USB 2.0 supposed to be able to deliver that bandwidth?

Must be some mistake.
/Mike