Pioneer BDR-S11J-BK BDR-S11J-X Ultra HD Blu-ray Burners Coming Next Month

Pioneer will release in Japan the first Ultra HD Blu-ray burners for PCs. Both the BDR-S11J-BK and BDR-S11J-X models will hit the shelves in the Japanese market in February.

Ultra HD Blu-ray (UHD BD) discs hold 4K video content and the new drives use Serial ATA Revision 3.0 interface along with customized version of Cyberlink's Power DVD playback software. Supported OS is only Microsoft's Windows 10, and the recommended PC specifications include a seventh-generation Core i7 / i5 processors (KabyLake-S / H) and at least 6GB of RAM. In addition, your PC's graphics card should have an HDCP 2.2 / HDMI 2.0a output and of course, your display should also be HDCP 2.2 / HDMI 2.0a compatible.

Both BD burners support the following maximum burning speeds:

BD-R 16x
BD-R LTH 8x
BD-R DL 14x
BD-R TL 8x
BD-R QL 6x
BD-RE (SL / DL / TL ) 2x

DVD ± R 16x
DVD ± R DL 8x
DVD-RW 6x
DVD + RW 8x
DVD-RAM 5x

CD-R 40x
CD-RW 24x

The drives also support the PureRead 4+ and Real Time PureRead functions to offer improved reading performance of scratched audio CDs.

The high-end "BDR-S11J-X" model promises to offer an even better performance in terms of music playback, featuring finely-tuned internal parts along with an "audio CD check function." The latter checks the playback quality of an insterted audio CD.

Pioneer's "BDR-S11J-BK" and "BDR-S11J-X" will be relesaed in Japan by he end of February, priced at 22,000 yen ($195) and 35,000 yen ($310), respectively. Pioneer also plans to release portable BD burners capable of lreproducing Ultra HD Blu-ray discs.

Specifications

Supported discs formats recording	BD		BD-R (Single / Dual / Triple / Quadruple layer) BD-RE (Single / Dual / Triple layer)
	DVD		DVD-R , DVD- R DL, DVD-RW, DVD + R, DVD + R DL, DVD + RW, Highspeed DVD + RW, DVD-RAM
	CD		CD-R, CD-RW, HS CD-RW, US CD-RW, US + CD-RW
Supported discs formats playback	BD		Ultra HD Blu-ray (BD- ROM Dual / Triple layer) BD-ROM (Single / Dual layer), BD-R (Single / Dual / Triple / Quadruple layer), BD-RE (Single / Dual / Triple layer)
	DVD		DVD-ROM (Single / Dual layer), DVD-Video, DVD-R, DVD-R DL, DVD-RW, DVD + R, DVD + R DL, DVD + RW, DVD-RAM
	CD		CD-ROM (Mode 1 & 2), CD-ROM XA, Photo CD (Single / Multi-session) Video CD, CD-DA, CD-Extra, CD-R, CD-RW
Interface	Serial ATA Revision 3.0
Write speeds	BD	-R		2x, 4x, 6x, 8x, 10x, 12x, 16x
		-R DL		2x, 4x, 6x, 8x, 10x, 12x, 14x
		-R TL		2 x, 4 x, 6 x, 8 x
		-R QL		2x, 4x, 6x
		- R (LTH)		2x, 4x, 6x, 8x
		-RE		2x
		-RE DL		2x
		-RE TL		2x
	DVD	-R		1 x, 2 x, 4 x, 6 x, 8 x, 12 x, 16 x
		-R DL		2x, 4x, 6x, 8x
		-RW		1 x, 2 x, 4 x, 6 x
		+ R		2.4x, 4x, 6x, 8x, 12x, 16x
		+ R DL		2.4x, 4x, 6x, 8x
		+ RW		2.4x, 3.3x, 4x, 6x, 8x
		-RAM		2x, 3x, 5x
	CD	-R		4 x, 10 x, 16 x, 24 x, 32 x, 40 x
		-RW		4x, 10x, 16x, 24x
Read speeds	BD-ROM (1 layer)			12 x Max
	BD-ROM (2 layers)			8 x Max
	BD-ROM (3 layers)			4 x Max
	DVD-ROM (1 layer)			16 x Max
	DVD-ROM (2 layers)			12 x Max
	CD-ROM			40 x Max
Buffer memory size	4 MB
Installation	Horizontal-vertical
Dimensions	148 mm x 42.3 mm x 181 mm (W x H x D)
Weight	740 g