Product Review
This product is a bundle. The Asus powerful Blu-ray Drive model number is BW-16D1X-U. The color of this portable rewriter is black and packaged in a retail box. The retail box includes a BD Suite disc, USB 3.0 Cable, Power Adapter and Cord. The bundle includes a 100GB Verbatim M-Disc BDXL. As opposed to light-sensitive organic dye use in standard CD, DVD and less expensive BD (Blu-ray) discs, M-DISC is more stable, less corruptible, and is said to last ten times longer (up to a 1000 years) due to its resilient optical disc format that uses a rock-like non-volatile data layer. The Asus drive is a powerful Blu-ray disc drive that capable of writing to 16X BD-R format. With USB 3.0, it assures the fastest burning speed, and along with BDXL support that allows the maximum data storage 128 GB in one disc. It provides a complete, easy-to-use backup solution. Intuitive, bundled software called BD Suite simplifies the disc-burning process and offers optional encryption functionality to protect your private files.
- Asus external burner bundle includes 100GB Verbatim M-Disc BDXL.
- M-DISC uses a non-volatile rock-like data layer, which is more durable than reflective organic dye-based layers found in conventional DVDs. Writing onto M-DISCs using an M-DISC supported drive allows permanent data storage lasting up to 1000 years.
- Operating Requirements: Mac OS X 10.6 or higher, Windows 10 86x64, Windows 8 86x64, Windows 7 86x64, Windows, Vista 86x64, Windows XP 86x64. CPU and RAM requirements: Intel Pentium D 945(3.4 GHz) or higher and 1 GB or more RAM is recommended.
- Maximum burn speeds of 16x for BD-R, 16x for DVD-R/+R and 40x for CD-R. Maximum read speeds of 12x for BD-R, 16x for DVD-R/+R and 40x for CD-R. Maximum burn speed of 12x for BD Dual Layer (DL) and 8x for DVD Dual Layer (DL), maximum read speeds for BD Dual Layer (DL) at 8x and for DVD Dual Layer (DL) at 12x.
- Disc formats supported: Audio CD, CD-I, CD-Extra, Photo CD, CD-Text, CD-ROM/XA, Multi-session CD, BD-R(SL/DL), BD-R(TL/QL), BD-RE(SL/DL), BD-RE(TL), BD-ROM(SL/DL), CD-R, CD-RW, CD-ROM , DVD±R(SL/DL), DVD±RW, DVD-ROM(SL/DL), DVD-RAM, DVD Video
