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Plextor PX-810SA SATA 18X DVD/-R Burner Announced

Plextor LLC, a leading developer and manufacturer of high-performance digital media equipment, today announced the immediate availability of the TurboPlex PX-810SA DVD Super Multi Drive. The new model ...
ecoustics

Plextor PX-810UF DVD Burner Announced

Plextor Announces 18X DVD+/-R External Burner with USB 2.0 and FireWire Interfaces That Delivers Data Transfer Speeds up to 480 MB/Sec Plextor LLC, a leading developer and manufacturer of ...
PC Magazine

Lite-On Super AllWrite DVD Burner

Editor's Note: Product not yet tested. The following description is from the manufacturer. The Lite-On 20x DH-20A4P-04 features built-in SMART-BURN technology providing buffer-under-run-free function ...
Ars Technica

I need a DVD burner, but I know nothing about them.

I know nothing about DVD burning whatsoever save that there are two standards: DVD-R and DVD+R. I don't know the difference between the two, or if it even matters whether I do or I don't know the ...
Ars Technica

Thinking about buying a DVD burner, soliciting opinions :)

Just to clarify things, DVD-R is much more compatible than +R.<BR><BR>Taken from a previous post in another forum:<BR>http://episteme.arstechnica.com/6/ubb.x?a=tpc&s ...
SlashGear

Samsung Super-WriteMaster SH-S223 22x DVD Burner Is 'Industry's Fastest'

Samsung have, for the moment at least, taken the title of "industry's fastest DVD burner" with their Super-WriteMaster SH-S223 drive. Capable of writing to all DVD formats, the SH-S223 burns at 22x ...
Billboard

MPA: Police Make Largest DVD-R Burner Seizure In India

Police officers in Mumbai, India, seized 42 DVD-R burners June 29 in what is being touted as the country's largest pirate burner seizure, the Motion Picture Assn. announced July 5. By Billboard Staff ...
HotHardware

Dual-Layer DVD Burner Roundup

It used to be the case that the fastest optical drive was, by default, the best. Reducing CD burn times from 12 minutes to eight and then to six was considered significant evolutionary progress. But ...
Gizmodo

Sony Ships AWG170A, Claimed to Be World’s Fastest DVD Burner

Over in Europe, Sony has started shipping the AWG170A, what Sony and its partner NEC claim to be the world’s fastest DVD R burner. Able to burn discs at 16x (whether or not 16x media is widely ...
Digi Times

Lite-On IT to roll out 18x DVD burner; BenQ still on hold

With Plextor recently announcing its PX-760A 18x DVD burner (DVD+/-R/RW CD-R/RW), Lite-On IT stated it also plans to volume produce 18x DVD burners in the third quarter of this year, though BenQ ...
ZDNet

Toshiba stokes laptop with DVD burner

Toshiba on Tuesday will join competitor Sony in shipping high-end notebooks with drives capable of burning DVDs. The move comes as PC makers look to revive sluggish sales and to repeat the ...