Belzer used our newssubmit to tell us that Ricoh has announced a 4x DVD+RW/+R drive, just before Cebit. The drive also writes CD-R (24x) and CD-RW (10x) media. The drive reads CDs at 40x and DVD discs at the maximum speed of 8x.
Ricoh is pleased to announce the new MP5240A-DP - a High-Speed DVD+RW/+R writer combining high read- and write- speed, ease of use and the highest level of compatibility with DVD players and DVD ROM drives. The high speed of this drive is achieved because the Ricoh MP5240A-DP writes DVD+RW and DVD-R at 4x speed '“ the new generation standard from Ricoh. |
The DVD+RW/+R format also contains the international CD-R/RW standard. DVD+RW/+R is accepted as the global standard because of its excellent compatibility with existing DVD players and DVD ROM drives, its ease of use and its reliability. The DVD+RW video recording format DVD+VR allows inserting, processing and deleting of video data on a blank DVD while retaining compatibility. These unique advantages of DVD+RW/+R are based on "Lossless Linking" Technology, which enables data to be written with exact precision.
Suggested selling price for the complete Ricoh MP5240A-DP kit incl. burner, assembly components, software package and media is £249.99. Available from April 2003 in retail outlets. Read more here.
Source: Ricoh
