Con il comunicato stampa di seguito allegato, LaCie ha lanciato il nuovo burner BD esterno siglato LaCie d2 Blu-ray. Si tratta di una device che fornisce una velocità di scrittura pari a 4x (tale valore è esattamente il doppio di quello assicurato dal modello corrispondente della precedente generazione, ndr) con i supporti Blu-ray.

Dal punto di vista della compatibilità, questo masterizzatore è utilizzabile con i dischi BD da 25Gb, i BD-R (Recordable) da 50Gb, i BD-RE, i DVD±RW DL e i CD±RW; l'interfacciamento con il mondo è garantito dalla presenza di porte FireWire 400 e USB 2.0. Lacie ha reso noto, inoltre, che la device è già sul mercato statunitense, accompagnata da un MSRP di $649.99.

[Immagine ad alta risoluzione]

[Immagine ad alta risoluzione]

May 27, 2008

• Professional HD Video Recording Solution
• Capacity up to 50GB per double-layer disc
• Multi-format Blu-ray and DVD/CD writer in one
• Durable d2 design; whisper-quite operation

LaCie announced today that is has doubled burn speeds to 4x for it d2 Blu-ray Drive and has updated the aluminum alloy case and software suite. The drive records, rewrites and reads 25 gigabytes (GB) or 50GB BD-R (recordable) and BD-RE (rewritable), as well as DVD±RW DL and CD±RW. The LaCie d2 Blu-ray Drive come fully equipped with Roxio burning software and dual FireWire 400 and USB 2.0 interfaces.

“In early 2007, LaCie was the first vendor to ship worldwide an external solution for professional Hi-Def video recording for both Mac and Windows. Since that time, Blu-ray technology has proven to be the dominant source for video recording and playback,” said Patrick Salin, LaCie Business Development Manager. “Burning up to 50GB of data can take a reasonable amount of time, so doubling burn speeds not only increases work performance, but provides a cost-effective, long-term archival process for storing data to sturdy scratch-resistant media.

LaCie d2 Blu-ray Drives come with full-featured Roxio software including Easy Media Creator for Windows, and Toast Titanium for Mac. Easy Media Creator and Toast Titanium products are easy-to-use burning applications that provide a timesaving solution for regularly backing up important files at an impressive data transfer rate.

Blu-ray 50GB discs offer 10x more capacity than a single layer DVD. This increased capacity gives professionals the freedom to choose much higher bit rate codecs when mastering content, ultimately improving picture quality. For increased audio quality, Blu-ray technology allows for up to eight channels of 192kHz/32 audio streams.

Availability
LaCie d2 Blu-ray Drives are available now and widely available via LaCie’s specialized dealer network at the suggested retail price of $649.99. For more product information, visit www.lacie.com.

• Comment this news
• Commenta questa news