Mitsumi announces dual-format DVD-recorder, the DW-7802TE

July 4, 2003

Today we received a press
released in PDF-format in which Mitsumi announces their latest DVD-recorder, the
DW-7802TE. The drive will support DVD both recording formats (plus and
minus) at a maximum write speed of 4x. DVD-RW media can be burned at 2x, DVD+RW
media at 2.4x and last but not least, CD-R media can be written at 16x:

As two formats are evenly matched and holding their ground in the
DVD market, Mitsumi Europe is launching a DVD+/- ReWriter. This drive can
write to both DVD formats currently available in the market at up to 4x
speed, and read at up to 12x speed. 'With this new drive, we leave it to
our customers to decide which DVD type they prefer for daily use," said
Stefanie van der Most, Director of Marketing Communication Europe at
Mitsumi, when giving reasons for the introduction of the combination DVD
drive.

Transfer rates write:

DVD-R 4x 5.5 MBytes/s, DVD-RW 2x 2.7
MBytes/s

DVD+R 4x 5.5 MBytes/s, DVD+RW 2.4x 3.3
MBytes/s

CD-R 16x 2,400 KBytes/s, CD-RW 10x 1,500
KBytes/s

Transfer rates read:

DVD-ROM (Single Layer) 5 - 12x 6.9 '“ 16.6 MBytes/s

DVD-ROM (Dual Layer) 3 - 7x 4.1 '“ 10 MBytes/s

DVD-R/-RW/+R/+RW 2 - 5x 2.7 '“ 6.9 MBytes/s

DVD-Video 2 - 5x 2.7 '“ 6.9 MBytes/s

CD-ROM/CD-R 17 - 40x 2,550 '“ 6,000 KBytes/s

CD-RW 13 - 32x 1,950 '“ 4,800 KBytes/s

Access times: DVD 140 ms, CD 120 ms

Burn modes: TAO (track-at-once) without zero interval,
variable or fixed packet, DAO (Disc-At-Once), Session-At-Once,
Multisession

Burn format: Supported formats: DVD
single/dual-layers, DVD single/double-sided, DVD Video, DVD-ROM, DVD-RW,
DVD+RW, CD-ROM, CD-ROM XA, CD-Text, CD-Video, CD-Extra, CD-DA, Photo-CD
(Single/Multi-session), CD-RW

Data Buffer: 2
MByte

The Mitsumi DW-7802TE will be available this month at a suggested retail
price of € 299 (about $ 330). You can of course discuss this new
Mitsumi DVD-recorder in our Recording Hardware Forum.

Source: CD Freaks