Posted Jul 19, 2006 at 08:46AM by Alaric S. Listed in: Computing, Blu-ray Tags: Sony, IDE, BWU-100A
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bwu-100aSony is rolling out its Internal Blu-ray Disc Rewritable Drive known as BWU-100A. The BWU-100A is an internal drive with an IDE (ATA/ATAPI) interface and supports recording both 50GB and 25GB BD-R (write once) and BD-RE (rewritable) discs, as well as 4.7 GB DVD+R/+RW/RAM, 8.5GB DVD+R Double/Dual Layer, and CD-R/-RW discs.

It can store up to 4 hours of 1080 HD video on a single dual layer 50G BD disc making it ideal for storing HD videos and data as well as a computer backup.  It is expected to ship on or around August 18, 2006 but you can place your pre-order now. It retails for $749.90.


(Alright, you caught us with the price typo - we just wanted to discourage everyone from buying it so we could have them all for ourselves!)


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   by AlphaGeek (Unregistered) - 2006-07-19
 » What?

How much? No wonder the PS3 is going to cost so much.

   by Septimus (Unregistered) - 2006-07-19
 » Typo

This is a big typo lol. If you go to the link you will see that the price is $749 and NOT $4749... I bet the person pressed the money sign twice by accident and let go of shift.

   by Jx1 - 2006-07-19
 » woah!

was just about to talk about that typo aswell.
source: www.guru3d.com

the mention it too under $749.

   by HAHA (Unregistered) - 2006-07-19
 » Nope

4749 sure LMAO

   by Jake D. (QJ. NET Staff) - 2006-07-19
 » Big whoops!

Price fixed!

   by Mr. Sandman (Unregistered) - 2006-07-19
 » Nice!

Wow its expensive for now, but man, that thing is deadly with all the features it has 0.0

   by Jx1 - 2006-07-19
 » lmao!!

~[quote] (Alright, you caught us with the price typo - we just wanted to discourage everyone from buying it so we could have them all for ourselves!) [/quote]~


Nice one! ^^ xDDD

   by hush404 - 2006-07-19
 » lol!

I didn't even see the $4749 price tag and when I read the "oops our mistake" thing I thought "Ok, so it's not $749..." lol but that IS the price!!! WOW. I think I might hold off on getting me one of those.

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   by Disjunto - 2006-07-19
 » hmmm

cheaper than i thought it might be.... but still way too much

   by Tyler (Unregistered) - 2006-07-19
 » #1

Your an idiot the PS3 is not a burner, and guess what? This is!

   by glen (Unregistered) - 2006-07-19
 » who will win

i think the whatever format mac goes with will win supreme.

   by TheProfessor - 2006-07-19
 » Nice price.

In 2 to 3 years this baby is going to around $200, nice.

   by senjutsu - 2006-07-19
 » @#10

even if the ps3 cannot burn, a dvd player is half a dvd burner so I suppose 749/2= 374$ if you take that from the ps3 price : 499$-374$=125$ the the ps3? no, the BD/DVD/CD burner have to make money, sony loose about 150$ ( or more ) on each ps3 they sell and make the cash with games royalties... Anyway I just wanted to say the ps3 cost a lot a little bit because of the BD player anyway.

( even if sony have to spend also on the cell, the cell coolant, and the 20-60gig HDD lol )

   by mr toasty (Unregistered) - 2006-07-19
 » haha

I read this after they fixed, and saw the edit and thought that meant this thing was gonna be something wayy cheaper!

I'm definately not getting one of those for 10 years XD

I have 24x CD-rom in my computer too lol

   by BULL3TPR00F - 2006-07-19
 » damn

pretty damn cheap! i thot the burners wud retail for more than the player itself.

   by Planet - 2006-07-20
 » @#13

If you make up the numbers yourself don't wonder why they only apply to your inner universe and aren't compatible with the real world.

I'd say this ist extremely cheap for a start - the first DVD burners came for around 2000$ IIRC...

   by R Kelly (Unregistered) - 2006-07-20
 » Wow

Thats one expensive paper weight. just think..in 20 years that thing will be on display in the smithsonian with the rest of sony's formats. the exhibit will be called "The Hall of Shame" and it will be narated by Tony Danza...and to the commenter that said whatever mac goes with will be the winner..you are an ass....mac is following pc's. so whatever format wins will be the one mac gets.