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Taiwanese Makers Open Up 16x DVD Burners

Taiwanese Makers Open Up 16x DVD Burners 08/21/2004 10:43 AM
ASUSTeK Computer, the world’s largest maker of mainboards, and Pioneer, one of the world’s biggest producers of electronic equipment, recently began to ship their new DVD burners that are capable of recording DVDs at 16x speed, broadening the offerings of high-speed disc recorders on the market.

The latest DVD burner from ASUS, DRW-1604P, is capable of recording DVD±R discs at 16x, DVD±RW discs at 4x, DVD+R DL (Dual Layer) at 4x, CD-R discs at 32x, CD-RW discs at 24x and also read DVD-ROM and CD-ROM discs at 16x and 40x speeds respectively. The optical disc drive is equipped with technologies aimed to avoid buffer underrun and other errors while writing. Pioneer’s DVR-A08XLA recorder boasts the same specification, as ASUSTeK is an OEM supplier for Pioneer.

Earlier this year when Philips Electronics initiated production of its DVD recorders capable of burning DVD discs at 16x speed some Japanese and Taiwanese companies, such as Pioneer, Sony, BenQ, Lite-On and ASUSTeK said they would postpone the volume production of 16x DVD burners at least till the end of July citing inadequate supply of appropriate laser diodes because of insufficient yields as well as necessity to match 16x DVD burners with 16x DVD+R discs.

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Software makers ready desktop lockdown

Software makers ready desktop lockdown 04/20/2004 04:59 PM

Car makers drive software standards

Car makers drive software standards 09/09/2004 04:52 PM
ZDNet Sep 9 2004 8:30PM GMT

Hardware Makers Ready Drivers for 64-Bit
Linux, Windows

Hardware Makers Ready Drivers for 64-Bit
Linux, Windows 07/08/2004 10:14 PM
Hardware makers are moving forward on 64-bit drivers, and despite some bumpy going, the vendors expect to have the necessary infrastructure to support upcoming 64-bit OSes for enterprise customers.

Mac drive makers help stamp out FireWire
flaw

Mac drive makers help stamp out FireWire
flaw 10/31/2003 01:57 PM
A number of hard drive manufacurers release patches designed to prevent a glitch that has caused some FireWire 800 drives to lose data when used with the new version of Mac OS X.

Flash-drive makers forming group

Flash-drive makers forming group 12/08/2003 12:05 AM
Several companies are creating an industry group to promote a kind of portable data storage device that's small enough to fit on a keychain.

Mac drive makers patch FireWire flaw

Mac drive makers patch FireWire flaw 11/03/2003 05:53 PM

It's a Happy Christmas for Disk Drive
Parts Makers

It's a Happy Christmas for Disk Drive
Parts Makers 12/23/2003 03:51 AM
Boston Globe Dec 23 2003 3:18AM ET

Happy holidays for makers of disk-drive
parts

Happy holidays for makers of disk-drive
parts 12/23/2003 04:35 PM
CNET Dec 23 2003 3:15PM ET

Drive makers ally to push portable data

Drive makers ally to push portable data 12/08/2003 04:36 AM
ZDNet UK Dec 8 2003 4:08AM ET

Flash-drive makers form booster group

Flash-drive makers form booster group 12/08/2003 10:30 AM
ZDNet Dec 8 2003 9:44AM ET

Disk Drive Makers Tighten Belts, Also
Fire People

Disk Drive Makers Tighten Belts, Also
Fire People 07/05/2004 10:47 AM

Om Malik, who changes website themes like I change shirts, which is to say 'every once in a while', opines on the future of hard drive manufacturers, who are currently in the process of losing their shirts right off their kicked-asses' backs, despite an ever-increasing demand for their product.

Now that is conventional wisdom! However, some of my friends who work in the disk drive business, are suggesting an unconventional logic. They believe that instead of focussing on churning out higher capacity drives at neck-snapping speeds (i.e. Moore's Law), the industry needs to become more responsive to the real market trends and offer many types of drives. (Moore's Claw)

Which is better? More reliable, more expensive hard drives, or large, cheap, and unreliable drives that can be rolled into a more-reliable RAID? I guess the answer is, "Both."

Maybe hard drive makers could take a tip from Taiwan's wildly-successful cameraphone imaging chip manufacturer Pixart, who is in an mildly-related bit of news is making noise about going all IPO on that ass. The ass of commerce, I guess I'm saying.
Read - The Disk Drive Conundrum [GigaOm]
Read - Taiwan's Pixart Reaps Camera Phone Boom, Eyes IPO [Reuters]

optical drive makers predict entry-level
DVD recorder drop

optical drive makers predict entry-level
DVD recorder drop 04/21/2004 05:02 AM

Determining if a Drive is Ready

Determining if a Drive is Ready 02/19/2004 06:10 PM

Iraq's Sadr Says He Ready to Die for
Anti-U.S. Drive (Reuters)

Iraq's Sadr Says He Ready to Die for
Anti-U.S. Drive (Reuters) 04/13/2004 07:24 AM
Reuters - Shi'ite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, sought by U.S.-led forces in Iraq, said Tuesday he was willing to die for his campaign to end the occupation of the country.

Test Drive | Here's help finding things
on car drive or hard drive

Test Drive | Here's help finding things
on car drive or hard drive 12/25/2003 04:27 AM
Philadelphia Inquirer Dec 25 2003 3:36AM ET

Jobs on HD DVD Burners

Jobs on HD DVD Burners 06/14/2004 02:49 PM
In a Wall Street Journal (subscription required) article, Steve Jobs reveals his position on high definition DVD burners and Music Studios. As the ...

Report: DVD Burners

Report: DVD Burners 06/10/2004 09:58 AM
Yesterday's query prompted lots of tips about non-Apple "SuperDrives" for burning DVDs.

HP revs up DVD burners

HP revs up DVD burners 11/04/2003 09:23 PM
CNET Nov 4 2003 8:49PM ET

First DVD+R9 Burners Reviewed

First DVD+R9 Burners Reviewed 05/06/2004 08:38 AM

Four burners, zero coasters

Four burners, zero coasters 05/04/2004 09:13 PM
Computer Times Asia May 5 2004 1:54AM GMT

End Of The Line For DVD Burners?

End Of The Line For DVD Burners? 06/15/2004 11:50 AM
Industry executives say that the newest 16X DVD burners that will ship this fall will run into the same physical limits as CD-ROM drives, ending the "X race" of faster and faster speeds.

OWC offers faster DVD/CD burners

OWC offers faster DVD/CD burners 03/17/2005 03:06 AM
Other World Computing (OWC) today announced SuperDrives that offer up to 16x DVD (4.7GB per disc) burn speeds, up to 6x DVD Dual Layer (8.5GB per disc) burn speeds and up to 40x CD burn speeds...

How to use external burners without
Toast

How to use external burners without
Toast 04/01/2005 11:45 AM
I have seen PatchBurn mentioned in various comments on this site, but it has never had its own hint. And it really deserves one.... PatchBurn allows you to use many third-party CD/DVD burners with your Apple applications. So...

Latest DVD Burners Reach 16X

Latest DVD Burners Reach 16X 08/03/2004 10:28 AM
BenQ's latest product can burn DVDs at 16x, which means you can burn a DVD in less than eight minutes. Best part is that this burner only costs $149. Compared to the price of other burners BenQ's burner is a pretty good deal. Sill this reminds me all too much of the CD-RW speed wars not too long ago.

The already active DVD burner market is getting another speed upgrade, from 12X to 16X for write-once media. We looked at a drive with the new capability: BenQ's $149 DW1600 DVD+ReWriter double-layer DVD burner, a shipping IDE unit that can write DVD+R at 16X and does it with a few brands of 8X media.

In PC World Test Center tests with bundled software, the device took a slothful 7 minutes, 45 seconds to write 4.35GB of data on preproduction 16X media. In our hands-on testing with Ahead Nero Burning ROM, however, the drive wrote a 4.35GB DVD movie structure in 6 minutes flat. Software and vagaries in preproduction discs are probably behind the speed difference. Alas, that 6 minutes represents only a 30-second boost over the speed of 12X drives.

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New Low Cost DVD Burners Hit The Streets

New Low Cost DVD Burners Hit The Streets 12/06/2003 10:51 AM

NYE drug of choice for Burners

NYE drug of choice for Burners 12/31/2004 06:32 PM
Xeni Jardin: This New Year's Eve, Burning Man devotees homesick for Black Rock City are drowning their yearnings in the finest intoxicant earth has to offer: lines of playa dust. Link to (snort) full-size image. (Thanks, Rusty!)

TDK introduces new Indi DVD Multiformat
burners

TDK introduces new Indi DVD Multiformat
burners 06/10/2004 07:49 AM
TDK today introduced two new Indi DVD Multiformat burners...

Latest DVD Burners Reach 16x (PC World)

Latest DVD Burners Reach 16x (PC World) 08/03/2004 04:07 AM
PC World - DVD drives handle DVD+R at 16X, and some get the faster speed from slower media.

End Of The Line For DVD Burners? (Ziff
Davis)

End Of The Line For DVD Burners? (Ziff
Davis) 06/15/2004 01:41 PM
Ziff Davis - Industry executives say that the newest 16X DVD burners that will ship this fall will run into the same physical limits as CD-ROM drives, ending the "X race" of faster and faster speeds.

Dell adds another layer to DVD burners

Dell adds another layer to DVD burners 06/02/2004 04:33 PM

Pioneer, Iomega launch DVD burners

Pioneer, Iomega launch DVD burners 11/11/2003 09:14 PM
Aiming to tap the growing popularity of DVD writers, Pioneer designs its device to store data equally quickly in rival DVD formats, while Iomega simplifies recording from camcorder or VCR.

LaCie intros double layer DVD burners

LaCie intros double layer DVD burners 05/25/2004 04:14 PM
LaCie has announced a line of external drives featuring the new double layer DVD recording technology, which gives users almost twice the capacity of current recordable DVDs on a single-sided disc...

LaCie offers new double layer DVD
burners

LaCie offers new double layer DVD
burners 05/25/2004 02:58 PM
Storage peripheral maker LaCie has announced the D2 DVD±RW Double Layer Drive. The external drive, which will ship in June, can burn DVD±R media at up to 8x speed and can pack up to 8.5GB of data onto a single disk using double layer burning technology. It will be available with FireWire 400 and USB 2.0 interfaces and includes Roxio Toast 6.0. The new d2 DVD±RW Double Layer Drive will cost US$249.

Iomega offers double-layer DVD burners

Iomega offers double-layer DVD burners 07/27/2004 02:25 PM
CNET Jul 27 2004 6:38PM GMT

Jobs wary of high-definition DVD burners

Jobs wary of high-definition DVD burners 06/14/2004 12:56 PM
At a recent private meeting with Hollywood executives, Apple and Pixar CEO Steve Jobs argued that studios should not license their movies for use in the upcoming high-definition DVD format until Hollywood is assured by the tech industry that the discs can not be copied by future DVD burners...

Dual-Layer DVD Burners Start to Catch On

Dual-Layer DVD Burners Start to Catch On 08/05/2004 03:12 AM
New York Times Aug 5 2004 7:33AM GMT

Lite-On's new DVD Burners - Burning at
12x and with Dual Layers

Lite-On's new DVD Burners - Burning at
12x and with Dual Layers 08/01/2004 02:54 PM

With a complete computer system,
including the hard drive, processor and
DVD drive, the iMac G5 is only about

With a complete computer system,
including the hard drive, processor and
DVD drive, the iMac G5 is only about 09/02/2004 05:47 AM
Xinhua News Agency Sep 2 2004 10:20AM GMT
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