Pioneer Japan announced its new BDR-PR1MC-W and BDR-PR1MA-W commercial-grade Blu-ray Disc recorders, which are intended for long term data storage applications.

For more information visit: www.pioneerelectronics.com

Translated press release follows:

New commercial BD / DVD / CD writer suitable for long-term preservation of electronic data released

Sony’s commercial BD-R (for long term data storage: 128 GB)

July 17, 2018 Pioneer Corporation

[BDR-PR1MC-W / BDR-PR1MA-W]

Pioneer will release two commercial BD / DVD / CD writer models that can perform high-quality recording on optical discs and are suitable for long-term preservation applications such as electronic documents.

In order to record data such as digitized documents on an optical disk and store for a long period of time, it is necessary to perform high quality recording on highly reliable optical disks, and the combination of optical disk and lighter is important. This machine can carry out high quality recording excellent in long-term storage characteristics on archival optical disk for business, “JIIMA (Japan Information Technology Association of Public Interest Corporation) to certify high quality optical disk products” for archiving Optical disc product certification “is acquired. In addition, “BDR-PR1MC-W” equipped with the inspection function is operated in accordance with “JIS Z 6017” that defines a long-term preservation method for electronic documents such as periodically checking the quality after recording at high quality You can do.

This machine is compatible with commercial BD-R (long-term data storage: 128 GB) made by Sony Corporation (Sony) which will be released in late July.

About Pioneer’s commercial BD / DVD / CD writer

Main features

(1) Having excellent recording performance, JIIMA acquires “optical disk product certification for archiving”

This machine can record high quality recording excellent in long-term storage characteristics to the archive optical disk for business use, and has acquired “JIIMA” certification of optical disk product for archive “which certifies high quality optical disk products.

(2) It corresponds to Sony business use BD-R (for long term data storage: 128 GB)

It corresponds to Sony business BD-R (for long term data storage: 128 GB) released in late July. Compared to conventional optical disc (100 GB), more data can be saved.

(3) Operation complying with “JIS Z 6017” is possible with “inspection function” (“BDR – PR 1 MC – W”)

The digital data error check function is carried and the quality of the disc can be inspected using the included software “Pioneer Error Rate Utility”. Since it can operate according to “JIS Z 6017” that defines the long-term preservation method of electronic documents, important data can be stored for a long time. In addition, since the inspection result and measurement data are saved, it can be used for creating documents to be submitted at the time of delivery of the archive disc.

(4) High durability unique to business use

High dust durability is realized by the dust shield structure which prevents dust from flowing into the inside of the drive. Moreover, by reviewing the design of the tray mechanical parts, the durability of the loading section is improved.

※ JIIMA certification logo is licensed by the Japan Document Management Association.

* Sony, SONY are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sony Corporation.

Region setting

This product has DVD region regeneration playback control function. Region code can be changed up to 5 times including initial setting. As the final region code will be fixed by the fifth change, please be careful when making changes. The method of changing (setting) the region and the number of times that can be changed depend on the DVD playback software and OS.