Media	Single-Layer Writing	Dual-Layer Writing		ROM Reading
	14X BD-R 2X BD-RE	12X BD-R 2X BD-RE		12X 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
	48X CD-R 24X CD-RW			48X CD-ROM

^{Baseline specifications for recordable media are as follows: Blu-ray 1X = 4.5MB/sec, DVD 1X = 1.375MB/sec, and CD 1X = 150KB/sec. For instance, Blu-ray media recording speed of 14X (63MB/sec) is equivalent to writing to DVD media at a speed of 45.8X, which is equivalent to writing to CD media at a speed of 420X!}

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 12X Blu-ray Recordable Drive and Apple's new Final Cut Studio and Final Cut Pro X. That's right, you can now easily burn a Blu-ray disc directly from Final Cut Pro 7 or later as well as from Compressor 3.5 or later. 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 CS5. Adobe Encore CS5 software is the key. Included with Adobe Premiere Pro CS5, Adobe Encore CS5 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 CS5 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 11 Titanium with included HD/BD Plug-in 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 as well as Sony Playstation 3 game consoles.

Watch Blu-ray Movies on your Mac!

Included with your MCE 14X Blu-ray Recordable drive is Mac Blu-ray Player software that allows you to watch commercial Blu-ray titles as well as your own authored Blu-ray movies directly within the Mac operating system. No more having to turn your Mac into a PC using Boot Camp to watch a Blu-ray movie. Now you can review your work on the Blu-ray movies you create as well as enjoy your favorite commercial Blu-ray movies in full high definition and stereo sound. The bundled Mac Blu-ray Player software includes a one-year license which enables full Blu-ray playback absolutely free for one full year from the date of first activating the Mac Blu-ray Player software. Anytime during, or after, the one year period a lifetime license can be purchased at a substantial discount from the retail price of $59.95. System requirements of Mac Blu-ray Player Software are: Mac OS 10.5 or later (including Mavericks, 10.9), 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor or faster, and 4GB RAM or greater.

Native Mac OS Compatibility

With the MCE 14X 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... all the way up through the latest version of Mavericks, Mac OS 10.9. 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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