On the Pioneer Europe website we can find a press release of Pioneer's latest high-speed DVD-writer, the DVR-A05.
This new drive can write DVD-R media at 4x and DVD-RW media at 2x. Besides that the writer is also capable of writing CD-R media at 16x and CD-RW at 8x. On top of that the drive can also read CD-ROMs at 32x and DVD-ROMs at 6x.
The DVR-A05 meets new global standards set in August by the DVD Forum and allows users to maximise the new high-speed, write-once and re-writable media," continues Grotefeld. "It offers the highest write speeds available and the greatest degree of playback flexibility. Video written to DVD-R via the DVR-A05 can be read by almost all available DVD players and DVD-ROM drives." |
Faster writing
Writing a full 4.7GB DVD-R disc can now take just 15 minutes instead of what was once an hour-long process³. Combined with the bundled software, the enhanced writing functionality includes:
- Quick Format - DVD-RW discs are ready to use in approximately two minutes, eliminating the need for the user to perform a full format of the media prior to writing
- Drag and Drop - Consumers can start writing data instantly to brand new, unformatted media with "Automatic Quick Formatting"
- Quick Finalising - Consumers are able to finalise their DVD-R/RW disc, containing less than 1GB of data, without the need for any extra lead-out writing
- Quick Grow - DVD-RW discs can now be re-opened once they have been finalised, enabling users to add extra data to utilise the disc's maximum capacity
- Multiborder - DVD-R discs can now have additional data appended once finalised, again enabling users to maximise the disc's capacity
You can read the complete press release here. This new drive can of course be discussed in our General Hardware Forum.
Source: Pioneer Europe
