{"id":18116,"date":"2022-03-02T16:22:10","date_gmt":"2022-03-02T16:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/03\/02\/pioneers-latest-drive-caters-to-disc-diehards\/"},"modified":"2022-03-02T16:22:10","modified_gmt":"2022-03-02T16:22:10","slug":"pioneers-latest-drive-caters-to-disc-diehards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/03\/02\/pioneers-latest-drive-caters-to-disc-diehards\/","title":{"rendered":"Pioneer’s latest drive caters to disc diehards"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Remember when:<\/strong> Like floppy drives before them, optical disc drives (ODD) were once a mainstay of computer builds. Whether you were installing new software or games, ripping music to your hard drive, taking in a DVD or burning a custom mix CD, the ODD was the gateway to it all. <\/p>\n

Virtually all media is now accessible digitally over the Internet, lessening our reliance on physical discs to the point that most new computer cases no longer accommodate 5.25-inch external drives.<\/p>\n

Discs aren\u2019t gone entirely, however, and Pioneer\u2019s latest offering caters to the last remaining holdouts.<\/p>\n

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The new Pioneer BDR-213JBK<\/a> is a versatile optical drive that\u2019s compatible with a range of Blu-ray, DVD and CD formats and appears to have a nice brushed finish (at least on the tray). Highlights include up to 16x write speeds on BD-R single-layer discs, 14x on dual-layer BD-R discs and 6x on M-DISC (BD) three-layer discs.<\/p>\n

Read speeds, meanwhile, top out at 48x for regular CDs and up to 12x for single-layer Blu-ray discs. Pioneer probably could have pushed read speeds even higher, but there\u2019s no reason to risk it.<\/p>\n

Related reading: What happens if a CD spins too fast?<\/a><\/p>\n

The Pioneer BDR-213JBK is already on sale in Japan according to Tom\u2019s Hardware<\/a> for the US equivalent of around $150<\/a>. It\u2019s probably not going to appeal to most, but Blu-ray aficionados, data archivists, HTPC builders or retro gamers might want to have a look.<\/p>\n

Image credit Mati Mango<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n