PC Watch has an interesting report from the ongoing Computex show in Taipei with many photos of the exhibited DVD writers. Several of the drives support 16x DVD+R and 2.4x DVD+R DL and some of them also support 16x DVD-R and 8x DVD±RW. Here is a list of some of the drives:
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BenQ DW1600: 16x DVD+R, 2.4x DVD+R DL BenQ DW1620: 16x DVD+R, 8x DVD-R, 2.4x DVD+R DL BenQ DW1630: 16x DVD±R, 8x DVD±RW, 4x DVD+R DL BenQ DW1650: Serial ATA version of DW1630 BTC BDW0810SI: Slim type 8x DVD±R, 4x DVD±RW BTC DRW1016IM: Gigabyte GO-W1608A: 16x DVD+R, 8x DVD-R, 8x DVD+RW, 2.4x DVD+R DL Lite-On SOSW-852S: Slim type DVD±R/RW, DVD+R DL MSI DR12-A2: 12x DVD+R, 8x DVD-R, 4x DVD±RW, 2.4x DVD+R DL MSI DR16P: 16x DVD+R, 8x DVD-R, 2.4x DVD+R DL Toshiba TS-L532A: Slim type 8x DVD±R, 4x DVD±RW, 2.4x DVD+R DL Toshiba TS-L632S: Slim type 8x DVD±R, 4x DVD±RW, 3x DVD-RAM Toshiba TS-H552B: 16x DVD±R, 8x DVD±RW, 2.4x DVD+R DL |
The BenQ DW1650 looks like a nice drive but according to PC watch it's unfortunately not scheduled to be released until year's end. 16x DVD±R media, DL media and Blu-ray discs from several manufacturers are also displayed at the show. For pictures of the drives and the media go to PC watch's website here.
Source: PC Watch
