Japanese Buffalo will ship the first 8x Blu-ray burners in Japan next month, in both external USB 2.0/eSATA (BR-816SU2) and internal SATA (BR-816FBS) versions. The drives are based on the Panasonic SW-5584 BD burner. They will support 8x recording for single layer Blu-ray recordable discs (BD-R) and 2x for dual layer BD-R, BD-RE and LTH BD-R media. The drives' internal buffer is 8MB. The external versions of the drive BR-816SU2 will have both USB 2.0 and eSata interfaces. The maximum 8x recording can be achieved only when the drive is connected through the eSATA interface, while the USB 2.0 connection will limit the BD-R burning speed at 6.5x, using a special function Bufallo describes as "turbo USB". Other specifications of the drives include 16x burning for DVD±R, 5x for DVD-RAM, 8x for DVD±R DL, 6x for DVD-RW and 8x for...
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