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Pioneer BDC-S02BK review

A good value Blu-ray drive with a few tempting extras

Our Score 4

Last reviewed: 2008-02-01February 1st 2008

Price at launch £113.00
Features Buffer under-run protection for BD/DVD/CD / Write speeds: BD-RE Single Layer 2x / BD-RE Single Layer 2x
Additional Information Writes and reads BD-R/RE/ROM, DVD-R/RW/RAM/ROM, +R/RW and CD-R/RW/ROM formats
Dimensions 148 x 42.3 x 185
Weight (kg) 0.98
Software Provided CyberLink BD Solution
CD Rewrite Speed 24
CD Write Speed 24
DVD Rewrite Speed 6
DVD Write Speed 12
HDD Buffer Size 4
Interface Serial
Read Formats BD-R, BD-RE

Product Summary

BDC-S02BK

Price at launch

£113.00

For

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Affordable price

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Inclusion of PowerDVD in package

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Good quality high def images

Against

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Can mess up your PC if plugged in to the wrong controller

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