Pioneer Blu-ray Disc Drive with Multi-format Reading and Writing Now Available to Professional Users
Bringing High-Definition Blu-ray Disc® Playback to Distribution Channel

Pioneer Electronics (USA) Inc. is now shipping the BDC-202, the professional Blu-ray Disc/DVD/CD combination drive. The BDC-202 BD-ROM and DVD/CD writer offers industry-leading engineering as well as Blu-ray Disc playback, DVD authoring and is optionally packaged with Corel® media software for enhanced functionality. The BDC-202 continues Pioneer’s long track record of providing innovative, dependable computer drives for professional content creators and is now available to discerning creative professionals.

“For industry professionals and enthusiasts seeking to play high definition Blu-ray Disc movie titles on a PC in addition to writing to DVD and CD, the Pioneer BDC-202 combination drive functions as an all in one, high-value solution,” said Andy Parsons, senior vice president at Pioneer Electronics (USA) Inc.

High Definition Playback
The newly designed drive offers playback of high definition Hollywood Blu-ray Disc movie titles on a properly configured PC. The BDC-202 internal Blu-ray Disc/DVD/CD combo drive also allows users to access and transfer data files onto DVD and CD. It reads BD-ROM, BD-R, and BD-RE single layer discs up to 5x speed and dual layer BD-ROM, BD-R, and BD-RE discs up to 2x speed. It will also read and write to most DVD and CD formats. The BDC-202 features a Serial ATA (SATA) Interface and ships with an optional, full-featured Corel® media software suite. The software suite includes Blu-ray Disc playback software as well as enhanced functionality to design personalized DVD movies, create digital photo slideshows, burn music files to CD, backup files to DVD and CD, and more.

The BDC-202 is available in beige or black through distribution at Bell Micro, Broadfield, D&H, PLPC, SED, and Samtack.