I-O Data’s Two New 6x DVD±RW Drives Peripherals / IO Data Posted by ando on Mar 12, 2005 - 07:07 AM I-O Data has just released two new drives; an internal DVD±RW drive, which connects via ATAPI and an external DVD±RW drive, which connects via USB. On March 9th, I-O Data announced two new drives that support DVD±R burn speeds up to 6x. The internal drive, the DVR-ABN16S, connects via ATAPI and the DVR-UN16S, which connects via USB. They will be sold towards the end of March. The DVR-ABN16S will retail for 12,500 yen and the DVR-UN16S will retail for 15,700 yen. DVR-ABN16S The DVR-ABN16S uses Nippon Electric’s ND-3530A drive. It writes data at 6x on a double-layer DVD+R, 4x on a double-layer DVD-R, and at 16x to a single-layer DVD±R. Rewrite speeds are 8x for a DVD+RW and 6x for a DVD-RW. It measures 146 x 185 x 41.3mm (w x d x h) and weighs 900g. DVR-UN16S The DVR-UN16S uses the same drive as the DVR-ABN16S mentioned above. The major differences are that it is an external model and connects via USB 2.0. It measures 162 x 268 x 50mm (w x d x h) and weighs 1.6kg. Both the drives come bundled with DVD editing software, Ulead DVD MovieWriter 3.5 SE for I-O Data. Also included are B’s Recorder Gold8 Basic and Photoshop Album 2.0 Mini. The supported OS's are Windows Me/2000 Professional/XP. Article inspired by: http://www.itmedia.co.jp/pcupdate/articles/0503/09/news045.html [1] Press Releases: DVR-ABN16S [2] DVR-UN16S [3] I-O Data [4] This article is from TechJapan   http://www.techjapan.com/ The URL for this story is:   http://www.techjapan.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=931 Links in this article   [1] http://www.itmedia.co.jp/pcupdate/articles/0503/09/news045.html   [2] http://www.iodata.jp/news/2005/03/dvr-abn16s.htm   [3] http://www.iodata.jp/news/2005/03/dvr-un16s.htm   [4] http://www.iodata.jp/