Looking for the fastest drive in the market but already have software? Then the BDR-212DBK is the drive for you. The BDR-212DBK drive is perfect for system builders, for those looking to upgrade to a fast Blu-ray burner, or for those who already have software. The BDR-212DBK is an internal SATA drive. It can burn up to 16x on BD-R (25GB) media & up to 14x on BD-R dual layer (50GB) media, which is the fastest in the market. The drive is also backwards compatible, so it can read & write to most DVD & CD formats. Running out of hard drive space? Afraid of losing your valuable files when your hard drive crashes? With Blu-ray BD-R dual layer (DL) discs, you can store the equivalent of 10 single layer DVDs. Now you can have a backup you can trust & with fewer discs. With M-DISC support, you can now back up your files with fewer discs than ever before. The BDR-212DBK drive has features such as a Quick Play which enables movies discs to be ready faster, a Noise Suppression design to minimize noise, an Anti-Dust design to increase durability, & Precision Writing Technology to minimize write errors. & of course being a Pioneer drive, the BDR-212DBK drive supports a wide range of blank media. Long-term data protection with M-DISC™ Support Support reading & writing M-DISC™ (DVD, BD: SL25GB/DL50GB) introduced by Millenniata, Inc. Longer product life with enhanced drive software To reduce deterioration of reading performance of disc due to dust & cigarette smoke with high dustproof performance & enhanced drive software. With this, BDR-212DBK has a prolonged life about twice of conventional models. Faster burning Up to 16x 1 writing on BD-R single-layer discs, 14x on BD-R DL discs. Get to your files faster With Quick Play, the amount of time between inserting a ROM disc, & that disc being ready, has been reduced. For movies on DVD & Blu-ray Disc, the disc is ready faster when compared to previous Pioneer drives. Wide blank media support Pioneer strives to have best-in-class performance over a wide range of media – our drives achieve this for a large variety of BD & DVD media. Refer to the drive’s media support list for all supported media & the write speed that can be achieved. Main Features Long-term data protection with M-DISC Up to 16x maximum write speed on BD-R media Bulk model