| Amex Digital Offers Portable Blu-ray Burners for Mac/PC |
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| Home Theater News Blu-ray Hardware News | |
| Written by AVRev.com | |
| Tuesday, 21 October 2008 | |
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Amex Digital releases a portable Blu-ray Burner for Macs. Sleek and slim, this device has massive potential for Mac-lovers out there. Naturally, it will also burn all DVD formatted discs. The best part is that it retails for on $289. That is a drop in the bucket compared to what it costs to buy a Mac system. An Intel Core Dou processor is required. And don't worry PC users out there, the portable drive also supports Windows XP and Vista platforms.
Available Colors Black White Features The Portable Blu-ray Super Multi Drive supports on the Quiet Drive Technology reduces the noise level of audio and video playback while also delivering increased writing reliability. Liquid Crystal Tilt/Blur Compensator plays and records to discs more reliably - the ad Research technology that compensates for warped discs. Dual/Double Layer recording provides nearly twice the capacity of a single layer recordable Blu-ray-R (25 Gbytes vs. 50 Gbytes). Everything you need in a Blu-ray optical drive. Whether you’re at the office or on the road with your computer, you can play and burn both Blu-ray and DVDs with the Blu-ray Super Multi Drive. It’s perfect when you want to watch a Blu-ray and DVD movie, install software, create backup discs, and more. Technical Details (BD-RE/-R/DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW) BD-RE/-R (SL) 2X Speed Writing / Reading BD-RE/-R (DL) 1X Speed Writing / 1.6X Speed Reading BD-ROM (SL / DL) 2X Speed Reading Writes DVD+R DL and DVD-R DL discs at up to 4x speed Writes DVD-R and DVD+R discs at up to 8x speed Writes DVD-RW discs at up to 6x speed and DVD+RW discs at up to 8x speed Reads DVDs at up to 8x speed Writes CD-R discs at up to 24x speed Writes CD-RW discs at up to 16x speed Reads CDs at up to 24x speed What's in the Box Blu-ray Super Multi Drive USB cable User's Guide CD-Rom Dimensions Size: 140 x 143 x 16 mm Weight: 360 grams Power requirement Y-Style USB bus powered or 5V DC Power adapter (Optional) Interface USB 2.0 connection Connector type USB type A System requirement Intel® Core 2 Duo CPU or better NVIDIA GeForce 8000 Series or better ATI HD2000 Series or better 2 USB interface 2GB of RAM or more Mac OSX 10.5.2 (or later) Windows XP or Vista Blu-ray Software requirement for Mac Roxio Toast® 9 + (HD/BD Plug-in) The new HD/BD plug-in for Toast 9 gives users the ability to author high definition video content on to Blu-ray, or even standard DVD discs! Take high-def video footage from AVCHD camcorders, TiVo and EyeTV and create Blu-ray discs that can be played on any standard Blu-ray set top box or Playstation3 game console. Did you invest in HD DVD? The HD/BD Plug-in even supports HD DVD formats and disc players. Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 with Encore Create DVDs; deliver high-definition Blu-ray discs with pop-up menus, dual-layer burning, and subtitles; and output interactive web versions with Adobe® Encore® CS4 software. As high definition (HD) has become the new standard for video, and Blu-ray Disc has won the high-definition format war for storing HD content, it's more important than ever to be able to author professional-quality Blu-ray discs. Included with Adobe Premiere® Pro CS4 and Adobe Creative Suite® 4 Production Premium software, Adobe Encore® CS4 software makes output to a wide range of industry-standard media formats, including Blu-ray Disc, easy and efficient. VLC media player The cross-platform media player is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (H.264 Blu-ray HD video, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, ...) Blu-ray Software requirement for PC SONY Vegas Pro 8 The Vegas Pro 8 software you can burn a Blu-ray Disc directly from the timeline. Blu-ray Disc burning allows you to create a disc similar to a "single movie" DVD — the movie has no titles, menus, or buttons. Blu-ray Disc burning in Vegas Pro 8 software provides an alternate distribution option for high-definition content, rather than traditional file-based hard disk or streaming media formats. You can also use the Blu-ray Disc burning feature to create high-definition discs that can playback on a set-top Blu-ray Disc player or on a Sony PS3 gaming system. PowerDVD 8 Ultra Blu-ray The High-definition movie content -The best video quality out there, with support for video formats like AVCHD and Blu-ray Discs. Corel® WinDVD® 9 Plus Blu-ray DVD and video playback for Blu-ray Disc, For movie lovers looking for the best that high-definition has to offer, WinDVD® 9 Plus Blu-Ray delivers superior picture quality and audio performance on your PC. Maximize your DVD viewing experience with Blu-ray Discs, the new standard in high-definition. Enjoy standard DVDs with HD-quality upscaling, play home movies in HD and watch movies on the go with advanced laptop enhancements. AnyDVD HD™ AnyDVD HD comes with same functionality as AnyDVD, but with additional features for full Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD support, including decryption of Blu-ray (BD+ and AACS) and HD DVD (AACS) movies. Allows you to watch movies over a digital display connection, without HDCP-compliant graphics card and without HDCP-compilant display. No need to buy an expensive monitor. Store Retail Price Model : BDP-2 Blu-ray Player US$289.00 Model : BDR-2 Blu-ray Recorder US$389.00 |
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