Mitsumi's
CD-RW drive offers a reliable 8x CD-R speed, and 4x
CD-RW speed with the power and performance of a 32x read speed.
The PlexWriter 48/24/48U will be delivered in last half of September The internal 48/24/48A
CD-RW drive with ATA/ATAPI-5 interface has a Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) of $169 USD.
The 12x10x32
CD-RW is available as a complete kit for Windows 95/98/NT and Windows 2000 Professional for $299.
As more people turn to the PC for sharing and listening to music, the
CD-RW Blaster 12-10-32 inspires the creation of mixes and compilations," said Ken Fong, director of marketing at Creative Technology.
Designed as part of a new generation of high speed CD recorders from Yamaha, this portable unit is the world's first external recorder to rewrite
CD-RW discs at 8x speed, doubling the current standard of 4x and cutting the required time to rewrite a
CD-RW disc in half.
computers provides 52X CD-R and 32X
CD-RW write speeds,
Part of the problem is a perception by some vendors that adding a DVD read function is enough to make a combo drive competitive with a stand alone
CD-RW drive.
3 gigabytes of data on a single
CD-RW disc, and boasts the industry's fastest write (16x) and read (48x) speeds.
According to the company, prices for
CD-RW media have been reduced by up to 33 percent.
Ricoh is shipping what it calls a "value-price"
CD-RW drive: model MP7083A with the 8X/8X/32X specs is retail-priced at $179.
In last May's installment of this column, I expressed skepticism about the importance of CD-ReWritable (
CD-RW) drives for three reasons: the anticipated high price for both the drive and the medium, the issue of
CD-RW disc readability in CD-ROM drives, and the question of a genuine need for rewriting (reusing) compact discs.
The next generation of rewritable
CD-RW is apparently going to be 1.
