Pioneer caves to Religious Right & dumps CD on BluRay units.

[Jimmypoo]

And if you thought the CD was not dead..... take a look at what THEY think of it!!

NO PLAYBACK for CDs!!



Internal
Mechanism Type Pioneer BDR-202
Price $399 @ Adorama and other discount houses
Write Support BD-R, BD-RE (Single Layer), DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD-R DL, DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD+R DL
Read Support Blu-Ray, DVD-ROM
Write Speed BD-R: 4x (about 1GB/minute)
BD-RE: 2x
DVD-R: 8x <---------
DVD-RW: 4x
DVD-R DL: 2x
DVD+R: 8x <------------
DVD+RW: 4x
DVD+R DL: 2.4x
Read Speed BD-R: 4x
DVD: 8x
Interface SATA
Data Buffer 4 MB
Headphone Jack No
Mounting Orientation Internal
System Requirements Computer with SATA interface and available 5.25" drive bay
Electrical Requirements Internal SATA power connector
Dimensions (WxHxD) 5.8 x 1.7 x 7.8" (14.8 x 4.23 x 19.8 cm)
Weight 2.2 lb (0.98 kg)
Warranty Pioneer limited warranty

[Lew Zealand]

That's it. I'm burning all my books.













and bras.

[Jimmypoo]

Make sure you take off the bra before burning it.

[MacMagus]

There probably isn't room for 3 lasers in there.

[deckeda]

MacMagus wrote:
There probably isn't room for 3 lasers in there.

[ztirffritz]

So they are actually going to kill CDs so that they can nullify the argument that 80% of the music they sell doesn't contain DRM...

[datbeme]

Are you sure about this? Many sources publish CD writing specs for this unit. Where do you see that it doesn't play them back?

[MacMagus]

> Where do you see that it doesn't play them back?

'Got me off my lazy ass to check.

They do burn and read CD-Rs.
http://www.pioneer.eu/eur/products/45/10...specs.html

...But there's no headphone or RCA audio jacks on it.

It won't play analog audio out.

[Jimmypoo]

amazing how after the craze for CD writing hit 70x with the Kenwood, that it went back to 48, and now
more commonly, even 24x as the max.

I wonder why the above specs didn't include CD specs? Strange.... I checked two retailers too,

[guitarist]

how many people are gong to buy a Blu-Ray player to play CDs on?

and who doesn't already have about five ways to play CDs?

I generally don't use a $3000 oven to toast bread in, I keep a $29.00 toaster on my counter for that.

Am I making toast wrong?