Blu-ray Disc (BD) technology, with its ability to record to 25GB single-layer and 50GB dual-layer discs, is the next generation in optical disc storage and MCE Technologies has brought it to the Mac. The MCE Technologies Blu-ray Internal Recordable Drive for Apple Mac Pro (2008 or earlier) and Power Mac G4 and G5 is completely pre-configured for easy user installation. In addition to writing to 25GB single-layer and 50GB dual-layer Blu-ray discs, the MCE Technologies Blu-ray Internal Recordable Drive is compatible with all DVD and CD recordable media including DVD-R/RW + Dual/Double Layer, DVD-RAM, and CD-R and CD-RW. The MCE Technologies Blu-ray Internal Recordable Drive includes a 25GB Blu-ray rewritable (BD-RE) disc.
| Media |
Write (max) |
Read (max) |
| BD-R (Single Layer/Double Layer) | 12x/12x | 8x/8x |
| BD-RE (Single Layer/Double Layer) |
2x/2x | 8x/6x |
| BD-ROM (Single Layer/Double Layer) | N/A |
8x/8x |
| DVD-RAM | 5x | 5x |
| DVD-R (Single Layer/Dual Layer) | 16x/8x | 16x/12x |
| DVD-RW | 6x |
12x |
| DVD+R (Single Layer/Double Layer) | 16x/8x | 16x/12x |
| DVD+RW | 8x |
12x |
| DVD-ROM (Single Layer/Double Layer) |
N/A |
16x/12x |
| CD-R | 40x | 40x |
| CD-RW | 24x | 24x |
| CD-ROM |
N/A |
40x |