Sony 6x External Blue-Ray USB Drive (BDX-S500U)

Installed in the living room, the BDX-S500U from Sony Optiarc is an impressively versatile unit. Delivered with the CyberLink BD Suite, the external burner replaces the DVD player in the home cinema system. It is also optimally equipped for future home cinema applications as one of the first Blu-ray Disc players for 3D movies. The BDX-S500U can be used for the fast and long-term archiving of personal memories such as family photos, for video collection organisation and for the storage of favourite music from the PC or audio player. Users who have a PC, notebook and netbook now only need one drive for all three devices. They can quickly and conveniently store vast quantities of data and always have access to the CDs and DVDs in their video and music collection. Even when travelling, movie and TV series fans benefit from the BDX-S500U because this compact and light Blu-ray Disc Writer delivers brilliant images – whether the user is on the train, in the hotel, using a notebook or a flat screen.

The burner comes with CyberLink’s Media Suite 8. This premium software package includes programs such as the DVD/Blu-ray Disc playback software PowerDVD, the video editing software PowerDirector, and the DVD/BD authoring software, PowerProducer. These programs make it easy to play back 3D Blu-ray Disc videos, edit creative home video material and produce and burn your own Blu-rays Discs and DVDs with impressive menus. Data archiving is also incredibly simple with the PowerBackup burning software.

Sony Optiarc’s new flagship product writes single layer BD-R media (25 GB) in around 20 minutes and double layer BD-R (50 GB) media at up to 4x speed. The BDX-S500U can write DVDs at up to 8x speed, DVD-RAMs at up to 5x speed and CDs at up to 24x speed.

Specification

• Blu-ray write: 6x BD-R, 4x BD-R DL, 2x BD-RE
• 50 GB of HD video or data storage
• 3D Blu-ray support
• Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Certified
• Microsoft Windows 7 compatible
• Cyberlink Media Suite 8

Technical  Details

Model

• Brand : Sony
• Model : BDX-S500U

Read Maximum Speed

• BD SL: 6x
• BD DL: 4x
• DVD-ROM SL : 8x
• DVD-ROM DL : 6x
• DVD+R : 8x
• DVD-R : 8x
• DVD+R DL : 6x
• DVD-R DL : 6x
• DVD+RW : 6x
• DVD-RW : 6x
• DVD-RAM: 5x
• CD-ROM : 24x
• CD-R : 24x
• CD-RW : 24x 

Write Maximum Speed

• BD (SL/LTH) : 6x
• BD-R DL : 4x
• BD-RE (SL/ DL) : 2x
• DVD+R : 8x
• DVD+R DL : 4x
• DVD+RW : 8x
• DVD-R : 8x
• DVD-R DL : 6x
• DVD-RW : 6x
• DVD-RAM: 5x
• CD-R : 24x
• CD-RW : 16x 

Access time (Random)

• BD: 230 ms
• DVD: 180 ms
• CD: 190 ms

Media supported

• BD-ROM
• BD-R
• BD-R DL
• BD-RE
• BD-RE DL
• DVD-ROM
• DVD-R
• DVD-R DL
• DVD-RW
• DVD+R
• DVD+R DL
• DVD+RW
• DVD-RAM
• CD-ROM
• CD-R
• CD-RW with 80mm and 120mm diameter 
• Mechanism :  Tray loading 
• Interface :  High Speed USB (USB 2.0) Port 
• Buffer size :  8 Mbyte 
• Modes supported :  BD-Video, BD-ROM, BD-AV (read), DVD-ROM, DVD-Video, CD-ROM, CD-ROM XA, CD-I Ready, CD-Bridge, PhotoCD, VideoCD, CD-DA, CD Extra, CD Text 
• Writing methods :  DAO, SAO, TAO with zero gap, variable or fixed packet, multisession  
• Compatibility :  Microsoft Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7  
• Weight :  300 gram
• Dimensions :  136.5 mm x 19 mm x 146.5 mm
• Special features :  Buffer under run error prevention