LaCie intros 8x d2 Blu-ray burner, LaCinema Black MAX media streamer

It was May of last year when LaCie last updated its external d2 Blu-ray burner, so it's about time we saw that 4x burn rate double to an entirely more palatable 8x. Available now for consumers in the US, the latest d2 Blu-ray Drive ($449.99) can toast both single- and dual-layer BD-Rs at 8x, and it can connect to one's machine via FireWire or USB 2.0. In related news, the outfit has also introduced a LaCinema Black MAX over in Europe, which acts to serve up all sorts of digital media (photos, video clips, music, etc.) on one's HDTV. You can order it with 500GB / 1TB of inbuilt storage, and the integrated Ethernet jack / WiFi module enables it to pull media (up to 1080p) from other locations on your network. We've nary a clue on pricing / availability for this one, but we'll leave it to those in Europe to hunt it down and brag to us Yanks.

Read - 8x d2 Blu-ray Drive
Read - LaCinema Black MAX [PDF; thanks Predator]

LaCie's 8x d2 Blu-ray Drive

LaCie's LaCinema Black MAX

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 9th 2009 8:10PM]

wow, another first - 2 today!!!

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 11th 2009 5:34AM]

I can buy 5.5 TB of disk storage for the price of this burner.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 22nd 2009 3:59PM]

I have owned 2 TVIX models and I'm considering buying this if the reviews verify the video files works, esp th BD files. You have to pay extra for WIFI and TV tuner with TVIX for about the same price as built in with this unit. Hopefully it will not be limited to 4 folders like TVIX. Anyone hear how this compares to Netgear's new streamer?