Tech Shout!

Electronics giant Sony has announced the availability if its first internal Blu-ray Disc rewritable drive in India. The latest drive (model BWU-100A) supports up to 50 GB of data on BD-R (write once) or BD-RE (rewritable) discs. The drive has the capacity of burning a full 25 GB disc in approximately 50 minutes. Furthermore, it also supports recording of standard single layer 4.7 GB DVDR/CDRW/RAM discs, 8.5 GB DVD-R Double/Dual Layer Discs, and CDs, making it a multi-format burner.

Vincent Chng, Head and Regional Sales Sony said, “Sony continues to entice with its technology by introducing the much awaited Blu-ray drive which converges the requirement of higher storing capacity and superior quality. Sony’s success and leading position for DVD writers in India attributes to our abilities to deliver first to market products. Enthusiasts can now store high definition videos and also read/write on normal DVDs & CDs and all this with just one drive”.

The Cyber Link BD Solution software from Cyber link Corporation is bundled with the BWU-100A drive, offering a complete software application for capturing, authoring, editing and burning high-definition personal content captured by a HDV 1080i format camcorder onto BD discs. Video can also be “down-converted” to standard-definition resolution for burning onto DVDs.

The drive will hit the stores in September through Rashi Peripherals at an expected cost of Rs 45,000. The BD/DVD/CD rewritable drives will also be sold directly through company authorized dealers throughout the country.