Recently, Pioneer has released yet another noew external blu-ray writer and it’s another smallest and lightest drive in the market. Pioneer is certainly the old player in this field, so it’s no wonder they’ve got the skill to trim down the size and weight by perfecting from their previous product. This BDR-XD04 is weighing just under 8.5oz with the overall thickness at 0.55-inch only that nominated this guy as the world’s smallest (thinnest) and lightest external blu-ray burner.

Sadly, because Pioneer is trying hard to decrease its dimension and weight, you will find no support of the latest USB 3.0 interface and the write speed is only 6x at max. No idea if USB 3.0 interface will really add some weight to the blu-ray writer or not, it’s a big downside for Pioneer because everyone is moving forward to this faster standard now.

But one nice feature that you can enjoy from this slimmest blu-ray writer is the capability to draw power from single USB 2.0 port without the need of extra power from another port (using Y-cable) to support the drive. If the BUS power of your USB port is not enough, Pioneer has allocated one port for you that you can hook it up with AC adapter to obtain power directly from power outlet.

As far as compatibility, Pioneer BDR-XD04 blu-ray burner support most of media type, including the latest quad layer 128GB BD-Rs to the good old CD media format. Price-wise, Pioneer BDR-XD04 blu-ray writer is going to cost $150 and will be released to the store in the mid-January 2012.

[via Engadget]

Pioneer Releasing BDR-XD04 – The World’s Smallest And Lightest External Blu-Ray Writer
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After releasing their BRP-U6 external blu-ray writer last year, I-O Data has updated this burner to support BD-RE media disc.

This I-O Data BRP-U6 External blu-ray burner is now capable of burning BD-RE disc at 2x speed and 2x for BD-RE Dual Layer. While the other speed left unchanged, such as BD-R DL at 4x, BD-R at 6x, BD-ROM at 6x, DVD -R/+R discs at 8x and DVD -RW/+RW at 6x, plus 5x on DVD-RAM discs.

Expect to see I-O DATA BRP-U6 external blu-ray writer to ship in December for MSRP of 22,100 Yen ($266USD).

[I-O Data[JP] via CDRLabs]

I-O Data Refreshed Their BRP-U6 External Blu-Ray Writer With BD-RE Supports
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20% Off On ASUS BR-04B2T Blu-ray SATA Drive [Coupon]
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Who wants a USB 3.0 Blu-ray Drive? Well, personally, I’m not yet a fans of both USB 3.0 and blu-ray drive because of the price factor that is pretty ‘expensive’ for now. However, if you’ve already become the fans of this superspeeding USB 3.0 devices, I guess this Buffalo Portable External USB 3.0 Blu-ray Drive will be yours interest.

It’s the newest blu-ray drive from the Japanese company Buffalo. It’s has stand firmly on the new standard of superspeed USB 3.0, that promises about 5Gbps transfer rate (in hard drive mode). Although it’s not described how fast it could be on this new Buffalo Blu-ray drive, but I guess at the level of 12x speed, you won’t get any ‘lag’ if it’s ever happened in USB 2.0 interface.

Also, if there is no USB 3.0 ports made ready for your system, this Buffalo Portable External USB 3.0 Blu-ray Drive provides a backward compatibility with USB 2.0, and the capability to burn CD and DVD as well.

This blu-ray drive is also future-proof because it has support 3D blu-ray film playback. This Buffalo Portable External USB 3.0 Blu-ray Drive is ready to ship and it’s currently available for $307.99 at Amazon.

Buffalo Readies Portable External USB 3.0 Blu-ray Drive
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Plextor, the popular quality disc drive manufacturer has announced their new external blu-ray drive codenamed as PX-B120U. This Plextor PX-B120U is purely USB-powered, which mean you will need no external power source ready to support the drive.

Since it’s portable and slim design, you can obviously bring it anywhere easily by stuffing it inside your laptop bag. Plextor PX-B120U can read Blu-ray, DVD, and CD. But it doesn’t have the burning/writing capability.

Plextor PX-B120U Blu-ray Drive will cost $100 a pop, which I consider as a cheap accessory for netbook users or tablet users.

[Plextor Digital via gearlog]

Plextor PX-B120U: Portable USB-Powered Blu-Ray Drive
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This latest I-O Data new add-up is probably the most (ultra) slim external blu-ray burner I’ve yet to see. Dubbed as I-O Data BRP-US6, this External Blu-ray Burner is measuring at 127mm x 154mm x 20mm only. Thanks to the ultra-slim factor, I-O Data has successfully decreased the weight to 330g only.

The I-O Data BRP-US6 External Blu-ray is using USB 2.0 interface, and the drive is capable of 6x burning for BD-R SL, 2x for BD-R DL/BD-RE and reading at 6X with BD-ROM, it can also burn DVD -R/+R discs at 8x and DVD -RW/+RW at 6x, plus 5x on DVD-RAM discs.

According to TechFresh, I-O Data BRP-US6 External Blu-ray burner will go on sale in Japan in this month carrying the price tag of $343.

I-O Data BRP-US6 External Blu-ray Burner is Ultra-Slim
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I-O Data presented to us their first ever slim external Blu-Ray drive. With this slim external Blu-Ray drive, I-O Data helps Blu-Ray entering the mainstream market and reach more users in that level.

The snapshot above show us the slimness of the Blu-Ray drive, measuring in 138 (W) x 143 (D) x 21 (H) mm. I-O Data slim external blu-ray drive is using USB 2.0 interface with 4MB buffer memory. The reading speed of this disc drive is ranging from:

• Read BD-R, BD-RE and BD-ROM at 4.8x
• Write DVD+R/RW DVD-R at 8x
• Write DVD-RW at 6x
• Write DVD+R/-R Double Layer at 4x
• Write CD-R at 24x
• Write CD-RW at 16x

The weight of I-O Data slim external Blu-Ray drive is only 800 grams. If you are interested in this new portable drive, please wait for this April (2 months later) for this disc drive on sale. The price is predicted to be at $296. I will update it to our deal section if it has become available.

(via TechFresh)

I-O Data intros slim external Blu-Ray drive
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As time flies, we now can enjoy your own slim and sleek + cool portable blu-ray burner. Remembered the first time hearing a blu-ray player, it’s so unaffordable and it would take forever to get a touch on this new technology. But thanks to Amex Digital, they brought this technology to us in a form of slim and cool portable blu-ray burner, with affordable price!

Amex Digital Blu-ray Drives + Burner

You have no need to buy a PS3 to enough blu-ray disc anymore. According to the source, Amex Digital’s Portable Blu-ray drive is made for Mac users. But I don’t care about that at all. As long as it’s USB driven, obviously, PC user will also capable to enjoy this on their newly bought laptop and Desktop PC.

You can expect this burner to be able to digest all Disc type well. Starting from CD, VCD, DVD and BD. The smaller 8cm disc also acceptable. There is no disc tray for this portable drive. Just insert the disc like what you’ll do with your car disc player.

The price is expected to be at $270 while the availability still unknown yet.

(via Gadget Review)

Portable Blu-ray Burner from Amex Digital
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