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Sony unveils BDRom drive

Indiantelevision.com Team

(26 March 2008 7:00 pm)

BANGALORE: Sony Electronics (SESPL) unveiled its first internal Blu-rayDisc (BD) ROM Drive (BDU-X10S) for the computer aftermarket.

BDU-X10S now comes bundled with the CyberLink's PowerDVD BD Edition software for playback of commercial movie titles, recorded Blu-ray Disc home videos, DVD-ROMs and CD-ROMs.

It also supports playback of recorded Blu-ray Discs in MPEG-2 or H.264 format, standard DVD-Video discs or recorded DVDs encoded with MPEG-2 or AVCHD formats.

The BDU-X10S is capable of playing back commercial Blu-ray movies as well as personally created Blu-ray content.

Commercial Blu-ray movies can be viewed on computers that incorporate an HDCP-compliant graphics card offering DVI or HDMI connections, HDCP-compliant computer display, and software that supports BD-ROM playback.

An official release claims that the internal drive allows fast and easy transfer of data or videos through its high-speed Serial ATA (SATA) interface.

Its standard 5.25-inch form factor enables easy installation in desktop PCs running Microsoft Windows Vista or Windows XP operating systems and is an ideal replacement for an existing DVD-ROM drive.

Other technical specifications include, 8x DVD ROM (Read Only), 24X CD-ROM (Read Only), Data Buffer size of 4MB, physical dimension of 5.25"x1.63"x7.0" and installation angle supporting both Vertical and Horizontal mounting.

BDU-X10S comes at a MRP of Rs 16,950 and comes with one-year warranty.