Sony yells "me too," introduces BWU-300S 8x Blu-ray burner

What is this, the week of the 8x BD writer or something? Just days after Buffalo announced two such units for the American market (and Delkin failed epically with an alternative half as quick yet more expensive), in runs Sony with an 8x Blu-ray writer of its own. The October-bound BWU-300S can cook an entire single-layer (25GB) BD-R in around 15 minutes, and it'll also burn CDs at up to 48x and DVD-RAMs at an undisclosed rate. In an effort to push the Blu-ray playing aspects, the drive comes bundled with the BD version of Men in Black, and if all that's worth $399.99 to you, you can get your pre-order in this very moment.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 23rd 2008 10:52AM]

too rich for my blood... I still remember when i was in High School and 4X CD burners came out and were that high... now they are $99 for DVD burners..

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 26th 2008 12:34PM]

Cool. I think it should work with MAC ???

15 mins for 25gb is pretty fast!

Thx SONY.

DELKIN is a great company but crazy to release 4x and charge more!!! Wonder how much their GOLD BR Discs ?

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 24th 2008 12:41AM]

There is also another model BWU-200S if you click ahead in the sony press image library.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 24th 2008 3:34AM]

Ahh, the BWU-200S is the older one with 4x. ;-)

[DrXym Posted Sep 24th 2008 6:47AM]

i bought an LG blu ray burner for 150 euros. As a bonus it reads HDDVDs too. I dont know where these high prices are coming from.