At a press conference in Taipei on April 25,
Pioneer unveiled its BDR-101A. This internal model Blu-ray disc burner for
the PC is aimed at the professional user though and not even your average
enthusiast, considering the $995 dollar US price tag. The BDR-101A
features writing speeds of 2x for BD-R (recordable or write once) and BD-RE
(rewritable), 8x for DVD-R/+R and 4x for DVD-RW/+RW. The corresponding
single-sided single-layer BD DVD discs have a storage capacity of 25GB and a
maximum data transfer speed of 72Mbps.