Andre Yoskowitz
3 Feb 2009 13:54
LaCie has announced the release of their latest Blu-ray burner, the updated d2 which can write to Blu-ray Disc at 8x.
The drive can also write "fully copy-protected, studio-grade movies" at 2x and single layer DVDs at 16x. Dual-layer discs can be burnt at 8x.
Electronista says, "The drive carries both FireWire 400 and USB interfaces and has a second FireWire port to daisy-chain the d2 with other peripherals and save expansion ports. Both Mac and Windows users get Roxio's Toast Titanium 9 and Easy Media Creator 10 to author Blu-ray discs, though only Windows users get playback software to watch Blu-ray movies."
The drive is already available and has a suggested price of $450 USD, a bit more expensive than other 8x Blu-ray burners available now.