Pioneer BDR-205 12X Blu-Ray Burner

[daguin]

There seems to be some confusion in this thread at least from what I am reading. The drives were priced at 21000 to 22000 yen which is about 250 USD. But for now they are only being sold in Japan.

So when they are sold in the US the prices will be a lot higher? This is what happened with the 8x's?

Yes. Also, the announcement from Pioneer said that the OEM model was going to be ~$415 to the US

People in Texas/Oklahoma get better oil prices and people in Japan/China/Korea get better electronics prices.

Damned free market anyway . . . . . . :na:

Peace,
dave

 

[Tabish]

OMG $415 ?!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm in Canada so even more for me .... Guess i'll wait till 8x drops in price

Unless, someone from Japan can ship em to us :eg:

 

[ZRTMWA]

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Yes to this. All we need is one trustworthy LPF member in Japan. He could advertise in the B/S/T Section, it would probably get stickied. We could just send him the money through paypal and he could ship us the burners. Even if he just charged an extra $10 he would make bank from all of the people ordering drives.

 

[Glutton]

I would get a few for sure!!!

 

[themandalorian]

EHhh this is all speculation, for all we know buffalo could rebrand em and sell them for 250.

I do want one though I was hoping kryton beast orders would come out first. While I love my 8x I want more

 

[bryce007]

EHhh this is all speculation, for all we know buffalo could rebrand em and sell them for 250.

I do want one though I was hoping kryton beast orders would come out first. While I love my 8x I want more

THE BEAST IS GO!

BTW, how much is a plane ticket from Slovenia to Japan? :crackup: jk

 

[LarryDFW]

I just came across some more Sanyo info on the 12X diode from October of 2008:

1,000 hours in an environment at +80°C," which is a criterion for practical use. With the existing end face structure, the device would break in about 500 hours, according to Sanyo.

When supplied with the same amount of current, the optical output is about 10% higher than that achieved by the existing method, the company said.

The first statement should mean longer operating life @ higher output powers that LPF members are so fond of.

The 2nd statement should mean we don't have to overdrive the laser diode as hard.

LarryDFW

 

[LarryDFW]

Check the numbers on this 12X review:

The Pioneer BDR-S05J-BK will be available in October for 38,000 Yen. It is available in White (BDR-S05J-W) and Black (BDR-S05J-BK). The company will also offer an OEM version, the BDR-205, in the overseas markets.

So, the BDR-S03 should have been a legitimate 8X.

Larry

 

[bryce007]

Check the numbers on this 12X review:


So, the BDR-S03 should have been a legitimate 8X.

Larry

hmm interesting. Guess we'll see when IgorT gets those diodes.

 

[daguin]

Check the numbers on this 12X review:
So, the BDR-S03 should have been a legitimate 8X.
Larry

Yes -- IF what we got were actually S03 sleds they would have been 8X's.

Unfortunately, they were not. We were told that they were, just like we were told before that they had some 12X sleds. Remember that one? Just like we were told that the 4X's were 6X's. EVERY time we get a new sled offered, we need to test multiple units before we go crazy. If the dealers will not give multiple units to test, we need to pass.

Did they lie intentionally? Were they mistaken? Were they lied to by their supplier? We will probably never know. The Chinese dealer came on here and said he would check into it for us. Then he disappeared.

Peace,
dave

 

[mfo]

Man, isn't there like a Japanese eBay or something?

I wanna know!

 

[LarryDFW]

Found this interesting graph today:

Text said they see commercial demand for 900MW.

LarryDFW

 

[bryce007]

wow, then we could push it to like 1W! or higher!

EDIT:
Those highlighted colors confuse me a little. Is the red and pink representing just higher power? Or diode wavelength? When I first glanced at it I thought, "450mW red and 900mW IR"

 

[LarryDFW]

Here is another quote from the testing of the 450mw BR laser diode:

with the result that the new laser device shows no kinks up through 600mW to 700mW optical output.

Looks good to me !!

LarryDFW

 

[bryce007]

Here is another quote from the testing of the 450mw laser diode:


Looks good to me !!

LarryDFW

Wow, nice. I've never had a pulsed laser before. Of course the beam won't be as nice, but the burning power should be incredible.

 

[daguin]

Wow, nice. I've never had a pulsed laser before. Of course the beam won't be as nice, but the burning power should be incredible.

At the speeds these are pulsed at, you can rarely perceive it. To the naked eye it "looks" constant.

Rapidly moving graphics from a scanner would be a problem, but not in a hand held laser.

Peace,
dave