NEC is one of the raising starts in the optical storage industry, while not many people are the owners of a NEC CD-RW drive, there might be a lot more NEC DVD recorder users in the future. For 99% sure (Plextor refused to confirm/deny this) we know that the latest Plextor 4x DVD+RW is based on a NEC drive and rumored is that also the Sony DRU-500 is based on NEC technology (not confirmed tough).
Now NEC has announced the NEC ND-1300. This DVD recorder is able to write both DVD+R(W) and DVD-R(W). It writes both at 4 speed (DVD+RW: 2.4x - DVD-RW: 2x) and also writes CD-R at 16x CLV.
The ND-1300 is NEC´s 4x DVD writer supporting DVD+R(W) and DVD-R(W). This NEC DVD writer provides a complete solution for data backup, storage and distribution - from sharing films and music to archiving a massive 4,7 Gb/s of content on one DVD disk alone. |
It removes the compatibility issues that have slowed the take-up of DVD re-writers by incorporating all eight optical storage formats in one product. The ND-1300 removes the guesswork one and for all, enabling end-users to create disks for play-back in virtually all DVD video players and DVD-ROM drives with no compromise in performance. ND-1300 delivers a very fast and reliable performance at both reading and writing media.
Its performance enables the ND-1300 to record one hour of DVD Video in just 15 minutes. The product also includes ACTOPC - NEC´s high resolution writing strategy to enhance the accuracy of written data. ACTOPC provides the user with improved quality of data copying - whilst allowing for local anomaly in the media- manufacturing tolerances, finger marks etc.
More information and the datasheet can be found on the website of NEC Germany here. The drive had earlier been delayed and is much anticipated. According to NEC the drive should be available in March and should cost around 350 EURO.
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Source: NEC.de
