Buffalo To Drop A New 3D-Enabled External Blu-ray Writer

Buffalo is set to drop their latest 3D-enabled external Blu-ray writer ‘BP3D-PI6U2-BK’ for the Japanese market. This new external drive is equipped with a USB 2.0 connection interface and comes bundled with CyberLink’s PowerDVD 9 software which enables Blu-ray 3D playback as well as 2D to 3D conversion of DVD movies. In terms of performance, the drive provides write speeds of 6x for BD-R (SL/DL), 2x for BD-RE (SL/DL), 8x for DVD-R/+R and DVD+RW, 6x for DVD-R/+R DL and DVD-RW, 5x for DVD-RAM and 24x for CD-R/-RW. The Buffalo BP3D-PI6U2-BK will become available in Japan later this month for around $338.