OWC takes quad-interface Mercury Pro external BD burner to 12x
By Darren Murph 
posted Nov 4th 2009 10:36AM
posted Nov 4th 2009 10:36AM
Pioneer's BDR-205 may not be hitting shelves in retail form until early next year, but those who desperately need a Blu-ray burner that outpaces the optical media currently available still have an option. OWC has today updated its long-standing Mercury Pro external BD drive -- which boasts FireWire 800, FireWire 400, USB 2.0 and eSATA connection options -- with Pioneer's latest, giving it the ability to toast BD-Rs at up to 12x. Of course, you'll need lady luck on your side to actually find any media that'll support said rate, but hey, there's always the future. It's available today for $349.99, or $449.99 if you want Roxio Toast Titanium PRO bundled in.
And what about internal?
That looks like in internal joint inside an external enclosure. Give me the internal so I don't have to pay for the enclosure!
If you don't want an external just buy the dang internal don't whine because OWC (which specializes in external drives) doesn't sell it.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827129051
It's likely either a Pioneer BDR-205 (which is 12X) or the new Lite-On which uses the same chipset.
All these speed boosts are useless when BD-RE is still only at 2x. Is any manufacturer actually working on 4x BD-RE???
Bah, just buy more discs. Just burn and forget and quit worrying about questionable data integrity with re-writable discs.
can this run on a WHS (windows 2003) for ripping?
or does it have to be XP VISTA or WIN 7
I don't think you can actually burn at 12X on USB or Firewire. 1X is 36mbit/sec on Blu-ray, 12X would be 436mbit/sec continuous throughput, something USB will never manage. Firewire 400 won't either for sure, I guess Firewire 800 stands a chance if it is very, very efficient.
i thought usb 2 was 480mbps
Nice, now sony region chiefs can send each other BD disks with stuff for when their drawer of sony memorysticks is empty.