And now we have the specifications of the new Benq CRW 4012P 40/12/48X CD-RW drive available:
Model Name: CRW 4012P |
Data Transfer Rate/Read 7200 KB/sec (48x)
Data Transfer Rate/Write 6000 KB/sec (40x)
Data Transfer Rate/Rewrite 1800 KB/sec (12x)
Access Time 100 ms typical@1/3 stroke
Buffer Size 2 MBytes
Interface E-IDE/ATAPI
Writing Mode Disc-at-once, Track-at-once, Multi-session, Packet writing, Raw writing
Disk Format CD-R, CD-RW, CD-ROM (mode1 and mode 2), CD-ROM XA (mode 2, form 1 and form 2), CD-DA, Bootable CD, Photo CD (single- and multi-sessions), Video CD, CD-Extra, Mixed mode CD, CD-text
Disk Size 8cm/12cm CD discs
Power Requirement DC 5V¡é“5%, Maximum 1.9A
DC 12V¡é“5%, Maximum 1.5A
Reliability Characteristics MTBF 60,000 POH
Error rate: 10-12after error correction, 10-9 hard read error
Physical Characteristics Dimension:146 x 42 x 198 mm (W x H x D)
Weight 1Kg
Environment Conditions Operating temperature: 5ºC~40ºC (41ºF~104ºF) at humidity of 50% RH
Non-operating temperature: -20ºC~60ºC (-4 ºF~140ºF)
Non-operating humidity: 20%~90% RH
Audio Performance Signal-to-noise ratio: 75 dB min. Number of stereo channels: 2
Distortion: less than 2%
Analog audio line output: 0.35 V at 47 ohms
Analog headphone output: 0.47 V at 32 ohms
Sampling frequency: 44.1 KHz
Physical Characteristics Dimension: 134 X 39 X 165 mm (W x H x D)Weight: 1.0 Kg (drive only)
Firmware Update Flash memory upgradeable
Panel Design Front panel: load/eject button, audio play/skip button, thumb wheel volume control, reading indicator, writing indicator and 3.5 mm headphone jack
Rear panel: IDE bus connector, power supply connector, master/slave jumper, digital audio output connector, analog audio line-out connector
OS Compatibility Windows 95 / 98 / ME / NT 4.0 / 2000 / XP
System Requirement IBM PC compatible Pentium 200 MHz or higher, 64 MB DRAM, 1GB for Image recording, 150 MB free HD space for installing writing software
Maybe this drive will fit your needs? Let's wait and see if this drive is able to outperform the competition. The drive should be available very soon.
Source: Benq
