Write/Burn Blu-Ray up to 8X speed, DVDs up to 16X and CDs up to 32X speedįebruary 24, 2009, Woodstock, IL - Other World Computing (OWC®), a leading Mac and PC technology company, announced today its newest OWC Mercury Pro™ Blu-ray/SuperDrive “Quad Interface” External Drive solutions featuring super-fast 8X Blu-ray write speeds of up to 2GB per minute.
TWICE AS FAST as Previous Mercury Pro Blu-Ray Solutions Only “Quad Interface” Blu-ray Drives on the Market OWC ANNOUNCES FASTER MERCURY PRO 8X BLU-RAY DRIVES WITH FIREWIRE 800/400, USB2, ESATA“QUAD INTERFACE” Alternatively $479.99 gets you the drive, the discs and cables, plus the full retail version of Roxio Toast 10 Titanium. According to OWC it’s plug & play on both Macs and Windows machines, and works with “most” built-in and third-party disc authoring software.Īvailable now, the OWC Mercury Pro Blu-ray/SuperDrive “Quad Interface” External Drive is priced at a not-inconsiderable $399.99, including all cables and two 25GB Blu-ray BD-R discs. DVD burn speeds, meanwhile, are up to 16x, while CDs can be toasted at up to 32x rates.
In fact the OWC burner can write to Blu-ray discs at 8x speeds, amounting to up to 2GB per minute.
