The Microboards Pioneer BDR-206BK Blu-ray Internal Drive is a Blu-ray recorder / writer. It is also capable of writing DVDs and CDs and reading Blu-ray discs / BDs, DVDs and CDs. The drive is capable of writing BDs at a maximum speed of 12x, DVDs at 16x, and CDs at 40x. Using the high-speed Serial ATA / SATA Interface, this writer also features CyberLink BD Suite 8 software for Blu-ray and DVD movie viewing, video editing and filmmaking, Blu-ray, DVD and CD burning and secure data encryption.