In a press release, Pioneer announced the new BDC-202 combination Blu-ray Disc® BD-ROM computer drive with enhanced DVD and CD writing and reading capabilities. The newly designed Pioneer drive offers playback of BD-ROM discs allowing users to view Blu-ray Disc high definition programs directly on a properly configured computer. The Pioneer BDC-202 can play multiple Blu-ray Disc formats, as well as provide high-speed reading and writing of DVD and CD formats.
The internal BDC-202 combination Blu-ray Disc drive offers the following read and write speeds:
| Read | Write | |
| BD-ROM | 5x | - |
| BD-R/-RE | 5x | - |
| BD-R DL/-RE DL | 2x | - |
| DVD-ROM | 12x | - |
| DVD-RAM | 5x | 5x |
| DVD-R/+R | 12x | 12x |
| DVD-RW/+RW | 8x | 8x |
| DVD-RDL/+RDL | 8x | 4x |
| CD-ROM | 32x | - |
| CD-R | 32x | 24x |
| CD-RW | 24x | 24x |
The BDC-202 is expected to begin shipping in the second quarter of 2007, and is targeted at computer OEMs and system builders. No info about prices.
