BDR-212DBK

$75.00

Internal BD/DVD/CD Writer. Supports M-Disc™ Format

Long-term data protection with M-DISC™

Up to 16x¹ maximum write speed on BD-R media

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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.

The 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.

Running 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.

The 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.

M Disc

Long-term data protection with M-DISC™ Support reading and writing M-DISC™(DVD, BD: SL25GB/DL50GB/TL100GB) introduced by Millenniata, Inc.

Longer product life with improved drive software

To reduce deterioration of reading performance of disc due to dust and cigarette smoke with high dustproof performance and improved drive software. With this, has a prolonged life about twice of conventional models.

Faster burning

Up to 6x 2(squared) writing on BD-R single-layer discs, 4x on BD-R DL discs, and 4x writing on BD-R triple-layer discs.

Get to your files faster

With 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.

Wide blank media support

Pioneer 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 drive’s media support list for all supported media and the write speed that can be achieved.

OPTICAL MAX READ SPEED
CD-ROM 8x	DVD-ROM 12x
DVD-ROM DL 40x	MRS-BD.BD-R 16x
MRS-BD.BD-R DL 12x	MRS-BD.BD-R TL 12x
MRS-BD.BD-RE DL 8x	MRS-BD.M-DISC(BD) DL 10x
MRS-CD.CD-RW 8x	MRS-DVD.DVD+R 12x
MRS-DVD.DVD+RW 40x	MRS-DVD.DVD-R 40x
MRS-DVD.DVD-R DL 16x	MRS-DVD.DVD-RAM 12x
MRS-DVD.DVD-RW 12x	MRS-DVD.M-DISC(DVD) 16x
12x

OPTICAL MAX READ SPEED
CD-ROM 8x
DVD-ROM 12x
DVD-ROM DL 40x
MRS-BD.BD-R 16x
MRS-BD.BD-R DL 12x
MRS-BD.BD-R TL 12x
MRS-BD.BD-RE DL 8x
MRS-BD.M-DISC(BD) DL 10x
MRS-CD.CD-RW 8x
MRS-DVD.DVD+R 12x
MRS-DVD.DVD+RW 40x
MRS-DVD.DVD-R 40x
MRS-DVD.DVD-R DL 16x
MRS-DVD.DVD-RAM 12x
MRS-DVD.DVD-RW 12x
MRS-DVD.M-DISC(DVD) 16x
12x

OPTICAL MAX WRITE SPEED
MWS-BD.BD-R 16x	MWS-BD.BD-R DL 14x
MWS-BD.BD-RE 2x	MWS-BD.BD-RE DL 2x
MWS-BD.BD-R (LTH) 8x	MWS-BD.M-DISC(BD) DL 8x
MWS-BD.M-DISC(BD) SL 4x	MWS-CD.CD-R 40x
MWS-CD.CD-RW 24x	MWS-DVD.DVD-R 16x
MWS-DVD.DVD+R 16x	MWS-DVD.DVD-R DL 8x
MWS-DVD.DVD+R DL 8x	MWS-DVD.DVD-RW 6x
MWS-DVD.DVD+RW 8x	MWS-DVD.M-DISC(DVD) 4x

OPTICAL MAX WRITE SPEED
MWS-BD.BD-R 16x
MWS-BD.BD-R DL 14x
MWS-BD.BD-RE 2x
MWS-BD.BD-RE DL 2x
MWS-BD.BD-R (LTH) 8x
MWS-BD.M-DISC(BD) DL 8x
MWS-BD.M-DISC(BD) SL 4x
MWS-CD.CD-R 40x
MWS-CD.CD-RW 24x
MWS-DVD.DVD-R 16x
MWS-DVD.DVD+R 16x
MWS-DVD.DVD-R DL 8x
MWS-DVD.DVD+R DL 8x
MWS-DVD.DVD-RW 6x
MWS-DVD.DVD+RW 8x
MWS-DVD.M-DISC(DVD) 4x

PRODUCT PERFORMANCE
Access Time (Random Average) BD-ROM 180 ms, DVD-ROM 170 ms, CD-ROM 160 ms	Data Buffer 4 mb
Data Read (Sustained) BD- Max 54.0 MBytes/Sec, DVD - Max 22.16 MBytes/Sec, CD- Max 6.14 MBytes/Sec	Data Write (Sustained) BD- Max 54.0 MBytes/Sec (16X BD-R), DVD - Max 22.16 MBytes/Sec (16X DVD-R), CD- Max 6.14 MBytes/Sec (40X CD-R
Disc Size 4.72 in / 3.15i n, 12 cm / 8 cm	Host Interface Serial ATA 1.5 GBytes/Sec
Mounting Orientation Horizontal, Vertical	Operating Humidity 5% to 85% (No condensation)
Operating Temperature 41 degrees F to 140 degreed F, +5 degrees C to +45 degrees C	Output Power DC +12 V / +5 V, 2.2 A / 1.4 A
Seek Time (Random Average) BD-ROM 160 ms, DVD-ROM 150 ms, CD-ROM 140 ms	Storage Humidity 5% to 90% (no condensation)
Storage Temperature -40 degrees F to 140 degrees F, -40 degrees C to +60 degrees C

PRODUCT PERFORMANCE
Access Time (Random Average) BD-ROM 180 ms, DVD-ROM 170 ms, CD-ROM 160 ms
Data Buffer 4 mb
Data Read (Sustained) BD- Max 54.0 MBytes/Sec, DVD - Max 22.16 MBytes/Sec, CD- Max 6.14 MBytes/Sec
Data Write (Sustained) BD- Max 54.0 MBytes/Sec (16X BD-R), DVD - Max 22.16 MBytes/Sec (16X DVD-R), CD- Max 6.14 MBytes/Sec (40X CD-R
Disc Size 4.72 in / 3.15i n, 12 cm / 8 cm
Host Interface Serial ATA 1.5 GBytes/Sec
Mounting Orientation Horizontal, Vertical
Operating Humidity 5% to 85% (No condensation)
Operating Temperature 41 degrees F to 140 degreed F, +5 degrees C to +45 degrees C
Output Power DC +12 V / +5 V, 2.2 A / 1.4 A
Seek Time (Random Average) BD-ROM 160 ms, DVD-ROM 150 ms, CD-ROM 140 ms
Storage Humidity 5% to 90% (no condensation)
Storage Temperature -40 degrees F to 140 degrees F, -40 degrees C to +60 degrees C

READ SUPPORT
Read Support.BD BD-R DLBD-ROM DLM-Disc (BD) DL	Read Support.CD CD-DA5CD-ExtraCD-RCD-ROM (Mode 1&2)CD-ROM XACD-RWPhoto CD(Single/Multi-session)Video CD
Read Support.DVD DVD+RDVD+R DLDVD+RWDVD-RDVD-R DLDVD-RAM4DVD-ROM (Single/Dual layer)DVD-RWDVD-VideoM-DISC(DVD)

READ SUPPORT
Read Support.BD BD-R DLBD-ROM DLM-Disc (BD) DL
Read Support.CD CD-DA5CD-ExtraCD-RCD-ROM (Mode 1&2)CD-ROM XACD-RWPhoto CD(Single/Multi-session)Video CD
Read Support.DVD DVD+RDVD+R DLDVD+RWDVD-RDVD-R DLDVD-RAM4DVD-ROM (Single/Dual layer)DVD-RWDVD-VideoM-DISC(DVD)

WRITE SUPPORT
Write Support.BD BD-R (Single/Dual), BD-RE (Single/Dual), M-DISC (Single/Dual)	Write Support.CD CD-R, CD-RW, HS CD-RW, US CD-RW, US+CD-RW
Write Support.DVD DVD+R, DVD+R DL, DVD+RW, DVD-R DL, DVD-R6, DVD-RAM, DVD-RW, High speed DVD+RW, M-DISC(DVD)

WRITE SUPPORT
Write Support.BD BD-R (Single/Dual), BD-RE (Single/Dual), M-DISC (Single/Dual)
Write Support.CD CD-R, CD-RW, HS CD-RW, US CD-RW, US+CD-RW
Write Support.DVD DVD+R, DVD+R DL, DVD+RW, DVD-R DL, DVD-R6, DVD-RAM, DVD-RW, High speed DVD+RW, M-DISC(DVD)

Operating Instructions ()

Operating Instructions

Supported media list can be found at Pioneer official website.
https://pioneer.jp/device_e/product-e/ibs/device_e/dev00003r_e.html
¹16x BD-R write speed achieved using certain media. Refer to the “Supported media list”.
²HDCP (High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection) display device is required only for playback of high-definition copy protected content (for example, a Hollywood Blu-ray title). For such content, the connection between the PC and the display device must be made using a digital DVI, HDMI, or DisplayPort cable.
³Support for writing DVD-R Version 2.0 For General. Unable to write DVD-R for Authoring 3.95GB and 4.7GB
⁴Compatible with DVD-RAM Version 2.0/2.1/2.2 without cartridge. Unable to write RAM2 format disc.
⁵New Maxi Disc cannot be read.
⁶Unable to use 8cm disc when you use the drive vertically. (Unable to use 8cm disc adapter.)

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End User License Agreement

This End-User License Agreement was last revised on December 16, 2019 (version 1.0).

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Revised: Version 1.0: December 16, 2019

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