Pioneer Black 12X BD-R 2X BD-RE 16X DVD+R 5X DVD-RAM 8X BD-ROM 4MB Cache SATA Blu-ray Burner BDR-206BKS - OEM

Pros: Fast burns, no coasters, easy to update firmware. Ive used Ridata and Verbatim LTH BD-R's, they work well.

Cons: ?

Overall Review: For those wanting to save money, the LG 10X Blu-ray burner model WH10LS30 is also a nice burner :)

Pros: Worked flawlessly every burn, tried BDR (Memorex), DVD's and CD's, all very fast and zero coasters. Playback of Blueray discs worked without a glitch using the included Cyberlink software (PowerDVD 9 is included).

Cons: None so far

Overall Review: If your looking at upgrading, they've come down in price enough to make them worth wild. Don't bother with the 10x, spend the extra $15-$20 and get this one.

Pros: works fine for me ,eject button is fine,tray motor is fine Cyberlink media suite 8 is fine

Cons: for the complains on the drive make your research and most of the time is the USER the problem

Overall Review: for the guy can not find firmware http://pioneer.jp/device_e/product-e/ibs/#firmware1 and use imgburn instead of nero

Pros: Great price, and the included software works well too.

Cons: The motor for the door seems/sounds weak, hope it lasts.

Overall Review: I got the bundle, with the Memorex 25gb (actuall they are rebranded Ritek BR2-000 disks) and though they say they are 4x they only burn at around 1.8 on average. So 25GB, plus verificaiton is about 2 hours. Note also that some sites list the Ritek as not acceptable, because they can lose their burn after a few months. Spend the $'s on good media.

Pros: It is a Pioneer and Pioneer has made some of the very best and fastest optical drives around. And the sale price was superb for this drive

Cons: No lightscribe but is it truly a con I have 4 lightscribe drives in 4 computers and have not ever used it and one of my computers has an old 18x lightscribe burner and is like 6 years old and never even touched a lightscribe disc.

Overall Review: Ummm its Pioneer and they make good drives so if you see it for a good price you could not do better

Pros: Pioneer quality and features. All black face plate. Came with software which is great for OEM. Plays all my Blu-ray movies with no issues.

Cons: not sure of any yet. I updated it to the latest firmware 105

Overall Review: I haven't burned with it but I imagine it will work fine. No Blu-ray media yet so I can't comment on that. Some have commented on the quality of the tray, I think it is okay comparing to most of the drives I have owned. None of them are as nice as the old Plextor's, so if it is not that quality I do not notice a huge difference. Could be a little quieter on open and close.

Pros: •12x BD-R • 4x BD-R Optical Quantum Disc Burn at 10x with no coasters or errors.

Cons: none for this product

Overall Review: BD-R's still cost too much

Pros: Read everything I threw at it, but....

Cons: started to have hiccups reading slightly damaged BD and DVD about three months ago. It completely died at 18 months.