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Sony BWU-200S Blu-ray Burner comparison

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Panasonic DMP-BD50

Panasonic DMP-BD50
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Price $559 to $679 at 24 stores $299 at 1 store $649 to $729 at 2 stores $529 to $599 at 10 stores
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3.5 stars Very good
Average user rating 0.0 stars No reviews, write one! 3.0 stars out of 4 reviews 2.5 stars out of 3 reviews 3.5 stars out of 9 reviews
Release date October 16, 2007 May 30, 2006 March 02, 2007 June 15, 2008
The Bottom Line The Sony BWU-100A Blu-ray burner is still priced out of range for most users, but if you have $700 to spare, it's a good choice for its range of media support and acceptable task speeds. The LaCie d2 Blu-ray burner offers good performance speeds, but it's still prohibitively expensive. Home users should wait for Blu-ray burners to drop in price and improve in performance. Excellent soundtrack support and Profile 2.0-compliancy make the Panasonic DMP-BD50 the most recommendable standalone Blu-ray player to date, but the PS3 is still better and cheaper.

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Product Type Info unavailable Info unavailable Info unavailable Blu-Ray disc player
Remote control type Info unavailable Info unavailable Info unavailable Remote control
Upscaling Info unavailable Info unavailable Info unavailable Yes
Software type CyberLink PowerProducer
CyberLink PowerDirector
CyberLink Power2Go
Cyberlink PowerDVD
CyberLink InstantBurn
CyberLink PowerBackup
CyberLink PowerProducer
CyberLink PowerDirector
CyberLink Power2Go
Cyberlink PowerDVD
CyberLink PowerBackup
Cyberlink PowerDVD
Roxio Easy Media Creator 8
Drivers & Utilities
Roxio Toast 7 Titanium
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Enclosure Color Info unavailable Info unavailable Info unavailable Black
Product Description Info unavailable Info unavailable Info unavailable Panasonic DMP-BD50K - Blu-Ray disc player
CD / DVD rewrite speed 32x (CD) / 6x (DVD-RW) / 8x (DVD+RW) / 5x (DVD-RAM) / 2x (BD-RE)
16x (CD) / 6x (DVD-RW) / 8x (DVD+RW) / 5x (DVD-RAM) / 2x (BD-RE)
16x (CD) / 6x (DVD-RW) / 8x (DVD+RW) / 2x (BD-RE) / 2x (BD-RE DL)
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CD / DVD write speed 40x (CD) / 16x (DVD?R) / 4x (DVD?R DL) / 4x (BD-R)
24x (CD) / 8x (DVD?R) / 4x (DVD?R DL) / 2x (BD-R)
24x (CD) / 8x (DVD?R) / 4x (DVD?R DL) / 2x (BD-R) / 2x (BD-R DL)
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CD / DVD read speed 40x (CD) / 16x (DVD) / 4x (BD)
32x (CD) / 8x (DVD) / 2x (BD)
32x (CD) / 8x (DVD) / 2x (BD)
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Weight Info unavailable Info unavailable Info unavailable 7.3 lbs
Sound Output Mode Info unavailable Info unavailable Info unavailable Stereo
CD / DVD type BD-RE
BD-RE
BD-RE
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Dimensions (WxDxH) Info unavailable Info unavailable Info unavailable 16.9 in x 12.6 in x 2.3 in
Audio D/A Converter Info unavailable Info unavailable Info unavailable 24bit / 192kHz
Remote Control Info unavailable Info unavailable Info unavailable Remote control - Infrared
Built-in Audio Decoders Info unavailable Info unavailable Info unavailable DTS-HD decoder
Dolby Digital Plus
Dolby TrueHD
Video D/A Converter Info unavailable Info unavailable Info unavailable 12bit / 148.5MHz
Media Type Info unavailable Info unavailable Info unavailable BD-ROM
DVD+R
CD
CD-RW
DVD-RW
CD-R
DVD+RW
DVD-RAM
DVD-ROM
DVD
DVD-R
BD-RE
Form Factor Info unavailable Info unavailable Info unavailable Tabletop
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