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SAI Releases Re-writable Blu-ray Disc Support for Mac OS X 10.4 & 10.5

WriteBD! UDF writer for Mac OS 10.4 and 10.5 provides world's first UDF writer for re-writable Blu-ray Disc drives using "drag & drop" writing to disc

Kirkland, Washington…20 March 2008… Software Architects, Inc., the leading developer of UDF file system technology for computer and consumer electronics products, announced its release of WriteBD!™ v1.1.0 for Apple systems running OS X 10.4 and 10.5.

WriteBD! supports both Intel and PowerPC based Apple computer systems. The software formats, reads and writes to re-writable Blu-ray discs using the standard Mac Finder interface, including �drag & drop� writing to disc. The user has the option to format in native HFS or UDF format for reading on other computer systems. 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 25 and 50 Gbyte capacity re-writable media for data storage applications. Ideal for file backup, archival or large file data distribution, re-writable ("BD-RE") Blu-ray discs can now be used to store files written from any application supporting OS 10.4.9 or later or 10.5.1 or later.

Saves Time for Recorded Video Applications

With 25 or 50 Gbytes 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 and from the disc
Versatile: supports writing from any Mac application
Compatible: UDF format is readable on Mac, Windows and most Linux systems
High Capacity: 25/50 Gbyte discs hold more than six/twelve times the data of a standard DVD-R/W disc

System Requirements:

Supports all Apple Mac™ Intel and PowerPC based systems running Mac OS 10.4.x or 10.5.x.
512 MBytes of RAM
BD-RE re-writable optical disc drive

Pricing and Availability:

Price is $79.95.
Available now
English and Japanese languages supported