Qisda (formerly BenQ), will offer the BR1000, a Blu-ray Disc (BD)-ROM drive, and BW1001, a BD burner, for sale at recommended retail prices of 1,699 yuan (US$225) and 4,999 yuan (US$662) respectively, according to an August 30 press release on the company's China website.

Hwever, the press release did not indicate when the two models will be launched in China nor whether the drives will be launched in other markets.

The BR1000 is intended to target users who just want to enjoy high-definition (HD) BD movie discs, the company pointed out. In terms of price, a BR1000 in combination with a DVD burner is significantly less expensive than a BD Combo drive such as the Pioneer BDC-S02 which sells at US$299. In addition, the after-sale maintenance costs for a BD Combo are higher, Qisda noted. Qisda will not consider offering BD Combo drive models, the company indicated.

BW1001 supports writing in the following formats and speeds: 4x BD-R (recordable, write once), 2x BD-RE (rewritable), 12x DVD+R/-R, 4x DVD+R/-R DL (single-sided double-layer), 8x DVD+RW/-RW, 32x CD-R and 24x CD-RW.

Thanks for the info, but does it also burn BD DL media??

Watch out for LG!!

watch out for what?

4x burner that can't read hd-dvd for over 600, can't compete with new LG that will cell for 400

Eh? Why are you asking??
"Watch out for LG" was exactly referring to that you just yesterday opened up another thread about! Their new BD (combo) burners!