SAI Announces Blu-ray Device Driver for Mac OS 10.4

SAI Announces Blu-ray Device Driver for Mac OS 10.4

BlueDisk Driver for Mac OS 10.4 provides world’s first Mac “Finder” interface to rewritable Blu-ray Disc drives for “drag & drop” writing

Kirkland, Wash. (June 8, 2007) -- Software Architects, Inc., the leading developer of UDF file system technology for computers and consumer electronics products, announced its release of BlueDisk Driver v1.0 for Apple systems running OS X 10.4.

BlueDisk Driver enables both Intel and PowerPC based Apple computer systems to format, read and write to re-writable Blu-ray discs using the standard Mac Finder interface, including “drag & drop” writing to disc. Discs are formatted in standard Apple HFS+ format for readability on an any driver equipped Apple system. The native Mac OS does not support Blu-ray disc drives or BD-RE media.

Compact, Reliable & Portable Data Storage

Now users can take advantage of the blu-ray disc drive’s 25GB capacity rewritable media for data storage applications. Ideal for file backup, archival or large file data distribution, rewritable (“BD-RE”) blu-ray discs can now be used to store files written from any application supporting OS 10.4.9.

Saves Time for Recorded Video Applications

With 25GB of capacity available, video enthusiasts no longer have to spend time compressing their favorite video files into MPEG-2 to fit on a single optical disc. Record video files in any Apple QuickTime compatible video format and play them using Apple’s QuickTime Movie Player. The BD-RE disc is formatted as a data disc so users do not have to go through the time consuming process of creating a DVD video format disc for play back on their Mac systems.

Key Benefits

Easy to use: simply drag & drop files to the disc

Versatile: supports writing from any Mac application

Compatible: HFS format is readable on any Mac system

High Capacity: 25GB discs hold more than six times a standard DVD-R/W disc

System Requirements

Intel or PowerPC based Apple systems

Mac OS X 10.4.9

512 MB RAM

Pricing and Availability

Version 1.0 is available 15 June 2007. Price is $49.95. For BD-RE support on Windows systems, SAI offers WriteUDF for MS Windows.

Software Architects, www.softarch.com