Pioneer officially announces Pioneer A07 8x dual format DVD recorder

November 12, 2003

Pioneer Europe has officially announced the
Pioneer A07 dual format 8x DVD recorder. Previously some information about this
drive leaked, but now the company has disclosed the correct information. The
drive will write DVD-R and DVD+R discs at 8 speed, DVD-RW and DVD-RW discs will
be written at 4 speed. The A07 is the follow up of the previous Pioneer succesor
A06, which has been praised on a lot of forum because it's good price and
quality and also important media compatibility.

It seems that Pioneer is
betting that users will find this becoming more and more important and the
Pioneer A07 features more technology to ensure the best quality of your written
discs.

Pioneer
has sought to compensate for the varying quality of media available in the
market with a range of technologies to enhance high-speed writing quality
and reliability. These technologies include:

A Liquid Crystal Control system for
precise writing onto the surface of discs that have become warped or are
of uneven thickness

Smart Laser driver, which provides precise
laser pulse control and achieves reliable recording for high speed
writing

Precision Recording Technology, applies an
automatically adjustable writing technique that enables recording at
optimum conditions for each type of media

A Defect Management System enhances
writing reliability even further, while maintaining read compatibility
with DVD-ROM drives, DVD players, DVD recorders and other DVD writers

An Ultra Dynamic Resonance Absorber
reduces vibrations caused by impaired or low quality media that can
affect performance during high-speed recording and playback

As usual the drives comes with software
to easily capture video and edit the footage and also provides DVD
authoring, writing and playback functionality. In January 2004 the drive should
hit the shelves with an estimated price of 300 EUROs. You can read the entire
press release here.

Source: Pioneer