USB 3.0 dominates the IO Data enclosure
The manufacturer is building an external Blu-Ray burner as well as a family of portable hard drives around the fresh interface.
IO Data intends to launch a new series of mobile hard drives HDPV-UT called. There will be a 500 and a 750 GB model that will be available in white, black or gold. Weighing in at 180 grams, the new products measure 85 × 130 × 14 mm, and a USB 3.0 interface is responsible for communicating with the computer, which also provides the energy needed for operation. THE HDPV-UT its members cost $ 140 (500 GB) and $ 178 (750 GB).
The manufacturer has even introduced to the general public a device with a USB 3.0 port, which is an external Blu-Ray burner. THE BRD-UT12 is capable of writing BD-R discs at up to 12x tempo and is equipped with a 4 MB cache. Interestingly, IO Data also has an LED on the front of the device that glows blue when connected via a USB 3.0 interface, but glows green when connected via USB 2.0. The following write speeds are available for different media:
- BD-R: 12x
- BD-RE: 2x
- DVD-R / + R: 16x
- DVD-RAM: 12x
- DVD-R / + R DL, DVD + RW: 8x
- DVD-RW: 6x
- CD-R: 48x
- CD-RW: 24x
A BRD-UT12 will be available from the end of June, but for the time being only in Japan, where - converted - you will have to pay $ 270 for it, which comes with a one - year warranty.
