Sony has unveiled its first dual USB bus powered slim portable Blu-ray Disc rewritable drive to compliment notebooks, netbooks or desktop PCs.

 The new BDX-S600U drive boasts dual USB bus power, sleek and ultra light weight design, built-in dual USB cables and integrated cable duct for easy storage.

Each USB cables draw max 500mA current from USB ports according to the manner of USB Specification and this will avoid troubles on USB bus power.

The drive writes single BD-R and dual layer BD-R media at up to 6x speeds, using 6x compatible BD-R media, and can record up to 100GB of HD video or data on a BD-R XL 100GB disc.

The drive comes in a retail package bundled with CyberLink’s Media Suite 8 for capturing, authoring, editing, backing up, viewing high-definition personal content and playing back Blu-ray disc movies including Blu-ray 3D movies and is compatible with Microsoft Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP.

The portable drive offers quick and easy connectivity with a Hi-Speed USB (USB2.0) digital interface for simple setup and maximum flexibility. It can be shared between computers for personal video, data, music or image backup, making it an excellent replacement drive for a standard DVD drive while offering all the benefits of Blu-ray Disc technology, including Blu-ray 3D high-definition playback capabilities.

The drive also records standard 4.7GB DVD±R discs at up to 8X speeds, 8.5 GB DVD±R Double/Dual layer at up to 6X, DVD+RW at up to 8X, DVD-RW at up to 6X, CD-R at up to 24X, CD-RW at up to 16X, and supports DVD-RAM recording at up to 5X speeds.

Sony BDXL DVD writer is available in India at MRP 18,500/- and carries a warranty of one year.