Media	Single-Layer Writing	Dual-Layer Writing		ROM Reading
	8X BD-R 2X BD-RE	8X BD-R 2X BD-RE		8X BD-ROM
	16X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 16X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 5X DVD-RAM	8X DVD+R DL 8X DVD-R DL		16X DVD-ROM
	32X CD-R 24X CD-RW			40X CD-ROM

^{Baseline specifications for recordable media are as follows: Blu-ray 1X = 4.5MB/sec, DVD 1X = 1.375MB/sec, CD 1X = 150KB/sec. For instance, Blu-ray media recording speed of 8X (36MB/sec) is equivalent to DVD media recording speed of 26X, which is equivalent to CD media recording speed of 240X.}

Author Professional Blu-ray Movies

As high definition (HD) has become the new standard for video, and Blu-ray Disc has won the high-definition format war for storing HD content, it's more important than ever to be able to author professional-quality Blu-ray discs. You can do so with the MCE 8X Blu-ray Recordable Drive and Apple's new Final Cut Studio. That's right, you can now easily burn a Blu-ray disc directly from Final Cut Pro 7 as well as from Compressor 3.5. Quickly add a menu to your disc by choosing one of the beautiful Apple-designed HD templates or, to achieve a specific look, import and use third-party or custom templates. Use your own graphics for backgrounds and titles, as well. You can also author Blu-ray movies using Adobe Premiere Pro CS4. Adobe Encore CS4 software is the key. Included with Adobe Premiere Pro CS4, Adobe Encore CS4 software makes output to a wide range of industry-standard media formats, including Blu-ray Disc, easy and efficient. Use the same Encore interface and features to author and deliver commercial-quality titles on both standard-definition DVD and high-definition Blu-ray Disc. Or author a high-definition Blu-ray Disc project and, with one click, create a finished standard-definition DVD project. Encore CS3 enhances your workflow by outputting to Blu-ray discs, even if you're editing with an alternative editing software such as one of Avid's professional editing tools.
The optional Toast 10 Titanium with HD/BD Plug-in software also allows you to create Blu-ray movies and even has basic menu customization features. Blu-ray movies created using either software are playable on standard Blu-ray set top boxes or Playstation 3 game consoles.

Blu-ray Movie Playback on your Mac

As of now, playback of Blu-ray movies is not yet available under Mac OS X. There is simply no software yet that will do that. This situation will likely change very quickly. You can, however, with the software provided, playback commercial Blu-ray movies on your Mac Pro with Apple's Boot Camp running Windows XP or Vista. You will need to make sure to download the latest graphics drivers from either Nvidia or ATI, depending on your graphics card, in order to ensure smooth playback of high definition Blu-ray movies as you've never seen them before on your Mac.

Native Mac OS Compatibility

With the MCE 8X Blu-ray Recordable Drive for Mac Pro and Power Mac, you can burn data instantly to 25GB and 50GB recordable and rewritable Blu-ray Discs directly from your Mac desktop in Mac OS 10.5.2 or later. Simply insert a blank Blu-ray Disc into the drive and its icon will mount to your Mac desktop. Then you can drag files, documents, spreadsheets, photos, songs, and movies to your heart's content onto the Blu-ray Disc icon. Then just click burn and in a few moments you will have archived your files onto the Blu-ray Disc for safekeeping. If you are using a rewritable Blu-ray Disc and would like to write to it again, simply load the Blu-ray disc into the drive and once it mounts to your desktop run Apple's own "Disk Utility" application located in your Utilities folder. Select the Blu-ray disc and then click on "Erase" and in a few moments you will have a blank Blu-ray disc ready to be written to all over again.

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