BenQ announces the CD-RW 4812P (48/12/48)

BenQ, formerly known as Acer Communications & Multimedia, is shipping their latest CD-RW drive, the CD-RW 4812P. Just two days ago the same company announced the CD-RW 4816P. This is the same drive as the CD-RW 4812P except the latter has a 12X re-writing speed. However, more importantly, both drives support 48X CAV writing making them the fastest drives available today:

The first 48x CD-Rewriter, BenQ uses it's Seamless Link technology to pioneer a drive that burns through a CD at 7.2mb/sec. With an enhanced Anti-Vibration and audio playback system, the 4812P has what it takes to meet the demands of any mission critical application - at work or at play.

• 48X Writing, 12X Rewriting, 48X Reading
  
• Seamless Link technology!
  
• 2Mb buffer size
  
• Flash memory/upgrade system
  
• E-IDE/ATAPI interface
  
• Anti-Vibration system
  
• Play/Skip function button on the front panel
  
• Emergency eject
  
• Dust protection design
  
• Power-saving function
  
• Recording software - Ahead Nero
  
• Compatible with Windows 2000/95/98/NT 4/ME/XP

The BenQ CD-RW 4812P ships immediately with an MSRP of $159. Credits go to CDRLabs.com for spotting this news on the BenQ website.

Source: BenQ Inc.