The versatile BD-5300S Blu-ray Disc™ recordable/rewritable drive from Sony&12288; Optiarc gives you the best of all worlds. Writing at 12x, it can record a full Single layer BD-R (25 Gb) in 8 mins!!. BD-R DL (50 Gb) disc can be written with 10x within 20 mins. The drive can also record 8.5GB/4.7GB DVDs & common rewritable CDs to meet even more of your needs. Record a variety of video, ranging from HDV/AVCHD camcorders&12288;to Blu-ray Discs & keep the video in its native HD resolution, or convert to standard definition & record a DVD. Read Speed (max.) BD: 8x, DVD: 16x, CD: 48x Write Speed BD-R: 12x BD-R DL: 8x BD-RE: 2x DVD-R: 16x, DVD+R: 16x DVD-R DL: 8x, DVD+R9: 8x DVD-RW: 6x, DVD+RW: 8x DVD-RAM: 12x CD-R: 48x, CD-RW: 24x Access time BD: SL-250ms / DL-380ms DVD: SL-150ms / DL-160ms / RAM-200ms CD: 150ms Mechanism Tray load mechanism for horizontal & vertical use Interface: S-ATA Burst transfer rate: 1.5 Gbits/sec Cache: 8 MByte Media supported: BD-R, BD-R DL, BD-RE, BD-RE DL, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-R DL, DVD-RW, DVD-RAM, DVD+R, DVD+R9, DVD+RW, CD-R & CD-RW with 80mm & 120mm diameter Modes supported: BD-ROM, BD-AV, DVD-ROM, DVD-Video, CD-DA, CD-ROM (XA), CD Extra, Video CD, Photo CD, CD Text Compatibility: Multi Read, MS Windows XP & Windows Vista, Win 7 compatible Weight: 0.64kg Dimensions: 146mm x 41.3mm x 170 mm