Pioneer is the first company to launch PC Blu-ray drives capable of playing UHD Blu-rays, providing customers with means to check out disc-based 4K resolution content on their computers.
The Japanese company offers two flavours of drive-- the regular BDRBDR-S11J-BK and higher-end BDR-S11J-X promising improved audio CD playback quality as well as more quiet performance.
Actually playing 4K content requires a fairly hefty PC, mind. In fact, one needs an Intel Kaby Lake Core i5 or i7 CPU, minimum 6GB RAM, a 4K-capable HDMI 2.0 port and, of course, an HDMI 2.0-equipped 4K monitor.
The drives ship in Pioneer's home Japan by end February 2017. No word of a Western release is available as yet.
