Sony 23.3 GB Blu-Ray Optical Recorder Launching in May

Sony announced that their new recordable devices titled “Blu-Ray” will be on sale in May of 2004. The Optical Recording Devices can burn discs at 23.3GB capacity in both write-once and re-write format. The devices will appeal to companies with high amounts of data archives. There is a Ultra 160 SCSI and a USB 2.0 drive model capable of writing up to 9 MB/s.

The media; PDDRW23 (rewritable-single sided) and PDDWO23 (write-once) will be sold by Sony.

Specifications

- Drive type: External
- Supported media write: PDDRW23, (rewritable),PDDWO23(recordable), 23.3GB
- Interface: Ultra 160 LVD/SE SCSI, USB2.0
- Disk capacity 23.3GB
- Data rates: Read 11 MB/s (CLV), 4.5 – 11 MB/s (CAV) , Write 9 MB/s (CLV), 3.8 – 9 MB/s (CAV)
- Sector size: 2,048Bytes
- Seek time (CAV): Full seeking 200ms, 1/3 seeking 110ms
- Load/eject time: 6.0 seconds/3.5 seconds
- Buffer memory: 16MB
- MSBF: 300,000 times
- Dimensions: 199.3 (W) ×59 (H) ×306.3 (D) mm , Weight: 4.5Kg ,
- Power source: AC100V±10% 50/60Hz
- Electric power consumption: 20.1W (average)