BenQ to Deliver Blu-ray Recorder

Taiwanese electronics manufacturer BenQ has announced plans to ship a Blu-ray Disc recorder for PCs in late August for a price of 799 euros. The estimated cost is far less than recorders coming from Blu-ray inventors Sony and Pioneer, which are aiming for $1,500 and higher price points.

If BenQ meets its deadline, it will be one of the first companies to deliver a Blu-ray drive. Samsung currently has the only Blu-ray player on the market in the United States, as both Sony and Pioneer have run into production delays. The BenQ BW1000 can write and read 25GB and 50GB Blu-ray discs at 2x speeds, and also supports writing to both DVDs and CDs by incorporating three different lasers.

Source: BetaNews