Overview
The BDR-XD05S is one of the world’s smallest and lightest BD/DVD/CD portable burners supporting BDXL. The ultra-compact USB3.0 drive is ideal for Mac users or for those who already have software. The BDR-XD05S can write to BDXL1discs, Blu-ray discs and is backwards compatible to support DVD and CD media. Not only is the BDR-XD05S one of the smallest and lightest Blu-ray drives in the market, but its also one of the fastest with speeds up to 6x2for BD-R and BD-R DL media.
The BDR-XD05S also has unique features such as PowerRead™, Auto Quiet mode, and PureRead2+. PowerRead3can provide smoother movie playback when a disc has fingerprints or minor surface scratches. Auto Quiet mode intelligently adjusts the disc rotation speed to reduce noise (useful while watching movies or listening to music), and PureRead4automatically adjusts the drive parameters to minimize sound glitches during music playback. Auto Quiet mode and PureRead can be configured as well as enabled and disabled with the Pioneer BDR-XD05S Drive Utility.
The portable device, measuring only 5.2″ (W) X 0.55″ (H) X 5.2″ (D) and weighing a mere 8.46 ounces, also has the ability to be powered directly via USB (no AC adaptor needed).
In a Mac OSenvironment, Finder can be used to read and write to BDXL, Blu-ray, DVD and CD media, and DVD Player can play back DVD movies. Blu-ray playback requires additional software (not included). Of course other Mac software that supports optical drives can access the BDR-XD05S also.

Drive Features

Store more data…Up to 156% more data storage capacity than a 50GB Dual Layer Blu-ray Disc. The BDXL™ format supports BDXL Blu-ray media (including 128GB Quad Layer (QL) and 100GB Triple Layer (TL) Blu-ray Disc™).

Faster burning6x2writing on BD-R single-layer and dual-layer discs. 4x writing on BD-R triple-layer and quad layer discs.

An eco-friendly drive

Smaller packaging – saves resources and fuel for transportation.
Reduced power consumption on external USB drives which allows for eco-friendly USB bus-powered drives.

Smooth movie playbackScratches, fingerprints and other abnormalities on the surface of a disc can sometimes cause Blu-ray and DVD movie playback to stop. When a PowerRead enabled drive is not able to read through obstructed areas of a disc, it will attempt to quickly move forward to the next available data point, resulting in smoother Blu-ray and DVD movie playback3.

A smarter drivePioneer drives with Auto Quiet mode, monitor how they are being used and will adjust their speed automatically – high speed for data transfer, and low speed for music or movie playback.

A better music experienceScratches and fingerprints on your CDs can cause them to skip. A drive normally makes a calculated guess at the unreadable data and attempts to correct this to match the original music. However this is not 100% accurate. PureRead, when enabled, makes the drive reread the obscured data to extract the original music as accurately as possible4.

Wide blank media supportPioneer strives to have best in class performance over a wide range of media – our drives achieve this for a large variety of BD and DVD media. Refer to the drive’s media support list for all supported media and the write speed that can be achieved.

WRITE SUPPORT

BDBD-R, BD-R DL, BD-R TL, BD-R QL, BD-RE, BD-RE DL, BD-RE TL

DVDDVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-R DL, DVD+R DL, DVD+RW, DVD-RW, DVD-RAM

CDCD-R, CD-RW

READ SUPPORT

BDBD-ROM, BD-ROM DL, BD-R, BD-R DL, BD-R TL, BD-R QL, BD-RE, BD-RE DL, BD-RE TL

DVDDVD-ROM, DVD-ROM DL, DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-R DL, DVD+R DL, DVD+RW, DVD-RW, DVD-RAM

CDCD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW

WRITE SPEED

BD-RBD-R SL/DL = 6x, BD-R TL/QL = 4x, BD-R LTH = 6x

BD-REBD-RE SL/DL/TL = 2x

DVD-R8x

DVD – RW6x

DVD + R8x

DVD + RW8x

DVD + R (Double Layer)6x

DVD – R (Double Layer)6x

CD – R24x

CD – RW24x

READ SPEED

BD-RBD-R SL/DL = 6x, BD-R TL/QL = 4x, BD-R LTH = 6x

BD-REBD-RE SL/DL = 6x, BD-RE TL = 4x

BD-ROMBD-ROM SL/DL = 6x

DVD-ROM (Single)8x

DVD-ROM (Dual)8x

DVD-R, DVD-RW8x

DVD+R, DVD+RW8x

CD-ROM24x

CD-R24x

CD-RW24x

OTHER SPECIFICATIONS

Data Buffer4MB

Mounting OrientationHorizontally

InterfaceUSB 3.0

Operating System SupportMac OS X 10.6 -10.12/ Windows XP SP3/ Windows Vista/ Windows7/ Windows8/ Windows8.1/ Windows10

DIMENSIONS

Dimensions (inches)5.2″ (W) x 0.55″ (H) x 5.2″ (D)

Dimensions (mm)133 (W) x 14.8 (H) x 133 (D)

Weight230g or 8.1 oz