· Blu-ray recordable drives have been upgraded from 8x to 12x burn speeds
· New high-speed eSATA interface replaces USB 2.0

All Primera Blu-ray Disc Publishers manufactured after May 1, 2010 are shipping
with 12x drives and eSATA interfaces. Each machine ships with the appropriate
eSATA cable(s) and a PCIe eSATA adapter card. Some recent PCs and notebook
computers also have one or more integrated eSATA jacks.

With almost six times the effective data transfer rate of USB 2.0, eSATA allows
Primera’s Blu-ray Disc Publishers to burn Blu-ray Disc media at full 12x speeds.
“High-resolution Blu-ray Discs are quickly becoming popular for distributing highresolution
videos of weddings, events and even independent films,” said Mark D. Strobel, Primera’s vice president of sales and marketing. “With 12x drives and eSATA interfaces, Primera’s Bravo-Series Disc Publishers are the fastest way to produce professional-quality burned and printed Blu-ray Discs.”

Starting this month Primera is integrating Pioneer’s BD-205 Blu-ray Disc recorder into many of it’s disc publishers. This drive has up to 12x burn speeds and supports CD-R, DVD-R and both 25GB and 50GB BD-R media. The burn speed on 12x BD-R media is so fast – equivalent to about 352x burn speed on CD-Rs – that they had to change the interface from USB 2.0 to eSATA. USB 2.0 is 480Mb/second. eSATA is up to 3Gb/second, or about 6.25 times faster. So, eSATA can easily handle the ultra high speeds required by this latest Blu-ray Disc recording technology.

eSATA requires some new hardware and cabling that doesn’t fit on all models. Going forward, Blu-ray Disc recorders are available exclusively on these Primera disc publisher models:

• Bravo SE Blu (DP-SE Blu) Disc Publisher
• Bravo Xi Blu (DP-Xi Blu) Disc Publisher
• Bravo Xi2 Blu (DP-Xi2 Blu Disc Publisher
• Bravo XRP (DP-XRP Blu) Disc Publisher

$100 Instant Rebate on the Epson DiscProducer PP-100

$500 Instant Rebate on the All Pro Solutions Zeus 2H disc Publisher

$300 Instant Rebate on the MF Digital Ripstation DS1-7602

$100 Instant Rebate on the Nexcopy USB200PC and SD200PC duplicators

$25 Instant Rebate on DVD Copy Master Sony Sata or SATA LightScribe 2-Drive thru 6-Drive models

$50 Instant Rebate on DVD Copy Master Sony Sata or SATA LightScribe 7-drive thru 11-drive models

$100 Instant Rebate on DVD Copy Master Sony Sata or SATA LightScribe 12-drive thru 15-drive models