Panasonic to introduce 16x Super-Multi DVD writer

24 Jan 05 21:01 by jsl in category Uncategorized To news archive

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Japanese company I-O Data has announced a new 16x Super-Multi DVD writer based
on a Matsushita/Panasonic SW-9585. The drive supports writing 4x DVD±R DL, 16x
DVD±R, 8x DVD+RW, 6x DVD-RW, 5x DVD-RAM, 40x CD-R and 24x CD-RW. I-O Data’s
version, the DVR-ABM16A, will also support writing both single layer and double
layer DVD+R with DVD-ROM book type for max compatibility.

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Panasonic SW-9585
specs

Write speed size=2> Read speed size=2>

DVD+R DL 4x DVD-ROM SL 16x

DVD+R 16x DVD-ROM DL 8x

DVD+RW 8x DVD±R 12x

DVD-R DL* 4x DVD+R DL 8x

DVD-R 16x DVD±RW 8x

DVD-RW 6x DVD-RAM 5x

DVD-RAM 5x CD-ROM 40x

CD-R 40x CD-R 40x

CD-RW 24x CD-RW 24x

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size: 2 MB

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style=" FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">I-O Data plans to ship the
DVR-ABM16A at the end of January for 14600 Yen (about €110). A black model, the
DVR-ABM16ABK, will follow in February as well as an external USB 2.0 model, the
DVR-UM16A. More information is available href="http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/trurl_pagecontent?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iodata.jp%2Fprod%2Fstorage%2Fdvd%2F2005%2Fdvr-abm16a%2Findex.htm&lp=ja_en"
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Source: I-O Data

11 Comments

bkf: Posts: 1685; Posted on: 24 Jan 05 23:15

Why would you make a drive that can do so much and only have a 2 meg buffer?

dtog: Posts: 450; Posted on: 25 Jan 05 00:33

I always have wished drives came with at least an 8 MB buffer. Memory is very cheap now after all.

FL4K: Posts: 51; Posted on: 25 Jan 05 01:34

why do you really need a bigger buffer?

mrQQ: Posts: 833; Posted on: 25 Jan 05 07:57

wow, talk about slow read speeds..

JPWRana: Posts: 95; Posted on: 25 Jan 05 09:01

CD burning is still done ALOT!! Why do ppl limit CD-R speeds at 40x?!?! and why CD-RW speeds at 24? That's why i still have my plextor premium. 52x32x52 my only problem was finding 32x CDRW 700mb media.... GOSH THAT IS SOO HARD!!

FreqNasty: Posts: 624; Posted on: 25 Jan 05 13:21

Well Plextor used to have 8MB buffer but obviously found it had no noticable benefit and therefore went back to 2MB.

_chef_: Posts: 27517; Posted on: 25 Jan 05 18:28

Incredible specs, have never expected that from Masushita/Panasonic.

Wesociety: Posts: 5230; Posted on: 26 Jan 05 02:07

Very nice to see another unique drive.

zamboniguy: Posts: 217; Posted on: 26 Jan 05 06:26

CD-RW? That's something I just don't get. Ain't it faster and cheaper and easier just to burn a new disk? What's it cost, a nickel? Unless of course, I guess it is better for the environment.

kamuixtv: Posts: 38; Posted on: 27 Jan 05 00:14

I wonder about the quality of this drive? Maybe in 2 years it will feature blu-ray with complete specs.

Opticalbell: Posts: 2; Posted on: 06 Apr 05 20:56

new firmware within a week should improve performance. This drive is unique as there is very little DVD-RAM in the US market at this time but is a cool technology.

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Panasonic to introduce 16x Super-Multi DVD writer

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