Pioneer Japan announced its new BDR-206MBK, a PC-based Blu-ray Disc (BD) recorder compatible with the new BDXL format.
According to the statement, in addition to BD-R and BD-RE 25GB (single-layer) and 50GB (dual-layer) discs, the BDR-206MBK reads and writes BD-R XL 100GB (triple-layer) and 128GB (quadruple-layer) as well as BD-RE XL 100GB (triple-layer) discs.
The BDR-206MBK writes BD-R (SL/DL) discs at up to 6x speed, BD-R XL (TL/QL) at 4x speed and BD-RE (SL/DL) and BD-RE XL (TL) at 2x speed.
There is no word yet on North American or European release dates and what the pricing will be for blank BDXL media.
Specifications
| Write speed | BD | -R SL | 2x, 4x, 6x |
| -R SL (LtH) | 2x, 4x, 6x | ||
| -R DL | 2x, 4x, 6x | ||
| -RE | 2x | ||
| -RE DL | 2x | ||
| BDXL | -R TL | 2x, 4x | |
| -R QL | 2x, 4x | ||
| -RE TL | 2x | ||
| DVD | -R | 1x, 2x, 4x, 6x, 8x | |
| -R DL | 2x, 4x, 6x, 8x | ||
| -RW | 1x, 2x, 4x, 6x, | ||
| +R | 2.4x, 4x, 6x, 8x | ||
| +R DL | 2.4x, 4x, 6x, 8x | ||
| +RW | 2.4x, 4x, 6x, 8x | ||
| -RAM | 2x, 3x, 5x | ||
| CD | -R | 4x, 10x, 16x, 24x | |
| -RW | 4x, 10x, 16x, 24x | ||
| Read Speed | BD-ROM (single-layer) | 6x Max | |
| BD-ROM (double-layer) | 6x Max | ||
| DVD-ROM (single-layer) | 8x Max | ||
| DVD-ROM (double-layer) | 8x Max | ||
| CD-ROM | 24x |
For more information visit: www.pioneerelectronics.com