IFA 06 Pioneer will follow up the release of its... er... pioneering Blu-ray Disc recorder with an updated model that supports dual-layer media, it has emerged.

The new drive, the BDR-102 will also support CD-R/RW discs, another disc format missing from the company's current product, the BDR-101. The BDR-102 is due to ship early next year, possibly in two versions, one with an IDE interface, the other with a SATA connector. It's not clear at what speeds the BDR-102 will write single- and dual-layer, 25GB and 50GB BD-R and BD-RE discs. ®

Related review

Pioneer BDR-101A Blu-ray disc burner [1]

IFA 2006: complete coverage

Hitachi spins up DVR-friendly perpendicular HDD [2]
Linksys ships Wi-Fi VoIP phone in Europe [3]
Philips calls up PC-free Skype phone [4]
Samsung readies rival digital music service to iTunes [5]
LG shows off skinny HSDPA clamshell [6]
Pretec unwraps 8GB SD card [7]
Sony preps widescreen sat nav units [8]
Blu-ray Disc launch line-up revealed to Europeans [9]

Links

1. http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/08/25/review_pioneer_bdr-101a/
2. http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/09/01/hgst_preps_perp_dvr_hdd/
3. http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/09/01/linksys_ships_wip330_europe/
4. http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/09/01/philips_dect_skype/
5. http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/09/01/samsung_unveils_digital_download_plan/
6. http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/09/01/lg_shows_off_thin_hsdpa_clamshell/
7. http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/09/01/pretec_8gb_sdhc/
8. http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/09/01/sony_to_update_nav-u_gps/
9. http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/09/01/euro_blu-ray_content_announced/

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