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LaCie’s d2 Blu-Ray Burner Hits 8x
We're pretty sure that blank Blu-ray discs will never be as popular as blank DVDs, largely because of the heart-stopping price. After all, why bother backing up your movies to blank Blu-ray discs that cost almost as much than the original Blu-ray movie? Hmm, maybe that's how the movie studios plan to crush piracy.... Still, there are more legal uses for blank Blu-ray discs [HD video, document back-up] which is why some folk will be interested in the new external Blu-ray burner from style-storage outfit, LaCie. The d2 External Blu-ray Burner doubles the speed of burning to 8x on both single and dual-sided Blu-ray discs. That's means you can cram up to 50GB of data - or 4 hours of HD video - on a single [dual-sided] disc. The authoring and back-up software has also been upgraded. The drive sports FireWire and USB 2.0 interfaces and is compatible with Macs and PCs.. "With the doubling of the speed to burn Blu-ray discs, video professionals will be able to spend more time creating content and less time on production," said Christelle Dexet, Multimedia Product Manager for LaCie. "And for those who need to safely store large quantities of information for extended periods of time on secure removable media, the LaCie d2 Blu-ray Drive is an ideal solution." The d2 comes bundled with the newly revised Easy Media Creator 10 and Toast 9 Titanium software. It's shipping now and costs *ouch* £390. There's another reason why Blu-ray burning might never take off.-Martin Lynch blu-ray peripherals storage
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