Looking for the fastest drive in the market but already have software? Then the BDR-212DBK is the drive for you. The BDR-212DBK drive is perfect for system builders for those looking to upgrade to a fast Blu-ray burner or for those who already have software.N/AN/AThe BDR-212DBK is an internal SATA drive. It can burn up to 16x on BD-R (25GB) media and up to 14x on BD-R dual layer (50GB) media which is the fastest in the market. The drive is also backwards compatible so it can read and write to most DVD and CD formats.N/AN/ARunning out of hard drive space? Afraid of losing your valuable files when your hard drive crashes? With Blu-ray BD-R dual layer (DL) discs you can store the equivalent of 10 single layer DVDs. Now you can have a backup you can trust and with fewer discs. With M-DISC support you can now back up your files with fewer discs than ever before.N/AN/AThe BDR-212DBK drive has features such as a QuickPlay which enables movies discs to be ready faster a Noise Suppression design to minimize noise an Anti-Dust design to increase durability and Precision Writing Technology to minimize write errors. And of course being a Pioneer drive the BDR-212DBK drive supports a wide range of blank media.N/AN/ALong-term data protection with M-DISC SupportN/AN/ASupport reading and writing M-DISC(DVD BD: SL25GB/DL50GB) introduced by Millenniata Inc.N/AN/ALonger product life with improved drive softwareN/AN/ATo reduce deterioration of reading performance of disc due to dust and cigarette smoke with high dustproof performance and improved drive software. With this BDR-212DBK has a prolonged life about twice of conventional models.N/AN/AFaster burningN/AN/AUp to 16x1 writing on BD-R single-layer discs 14x on BD-R DL discs.N/Aquick playN/AN/AGet to your files fasterN/AN/AWith QuickPlay the amount of time between inserting a ROM disc and that disc being ready has been reduced. For movies on DVD and Blu-ray Disc the disc is ready faster when compared to previous Pioneer drives.N/AN/AWide blank media supportN/AN/APioneer strives to have best-in-class performance over a wide range of media our drives achieve this for a large variety of BD and DVD media. Refer to the drives media support list for all supported media and the write speed that can be achieved.