Plextor introduces the new PX-B940SA Blu-ray writer that is able to write BD-R Single layer ot Dual layer at up to 12X speed, joining Pioneer’s BDR-S05J/BDR-205. The burner writes BD-R LtH at 6X, BD-RW SL/DL at 2X, DVD+/-R at 16X, DVD+/-RW and DVD+/-R DL at 8X and DVD-RAM at 5X. CD-R/RW are also supported at up to 40X.

Pioneer presents the BDR-S05J (aka BDR-205 in the US), the first 12X Blu-ray burner. The device supports up to 12x recording on 6x …

Pioneer offers the new BDR-2203 internal Blu-ray/DVD/CD burner. It can write BD-R, BD-R DL at up to 8X and BD-RE, BD-RE DL at 2X. That means the writer can burn 25 GB of information to a single-layer BD disc in 15 minutes. The BDR-2203 uses SATA interface.

OWC presents a new 8X Mercury Pro Blu-ray external burner that is based on Pioneer BDR-203 and offers quad-interface. The new Mercury Pro 8X burner write BD-R (both single and double layer) …

FastMac introduces two new slimline USB external Blu-ray burners that work on both PC and Mac, the APP-6963 and the APP-6964. These ultra slim blu-ray writers utilize the USB 2.0 interface and offers SuperMulti recording ability.

Pioneer introduces the new BDR-03J Blu-ray burner. The Pioneer BDR-03J supports BD-RW version 2.1 and BD-R version 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3. It is capable of writing BD-R and BD-R Dual Layer at 8X, BD-RW and BD-RE DL …

Sony introduces the new  internal BWU-300S Blu-ray disc writer. The Sony BWU-300S is able to write single and dual layer BD-R media at up to 8X speed. The 8X recording speed is achieved using 6X compatible BD-R media.

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Panasonic introduces the LF-PB37JD 8X Blu-ray burner, which is probably Panasonic’s own version of the I-O Data BRD-SP8 Blu-ray burner.

Panasonic LF-PB371JD can write both Single and Double layer BD-R at 8x and BD-RW at 2. It can also burn DVD-RAM …

I-O Data introduces in Japan the new BRD-SP8 (also BRD-SP8B in Black), a 8x BD-R writer. The BRD-SP8 makes use of the SATA interface. It can write both Single layer and dual layer BD-R(8x) and BD-RE(2x) media. DVD+/-R, DVD+/-R Dual Layer and …