In Japan, Buffalo is brewing two new optical drives. The BR-H1016FBS-BK (internal) and the BR-H1016SU2 (external) Blu-ray writers offer the following write speeds as described:

• 10x for BD-R SL
• 8x for BD-R DL
• 2x for BD-RE SL/DL
• 16 x for DVD-R/+R
• 12x for DVD-RAM
• 8x for DVD-R/+R DL and DVD+RW
• 6x for DVD-RW
• 48x for CD-R
• 24x for CD-RW

Both optical drives also come with 4MB of buffer memory, USB 2.0 connectivity, and SATA connectivity port. Price tags read $300 and $359.

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