Rewritable DVD-RAM – Hitachi and LG Team Up for Slim DVD Drive Storage / Hitachi Posted by ando on Mar 12, 2005 - 09:54 AM The GMA-4080N is a product of Hitachi-LG Data Storage. There are many DVD burners that support DVD+R DL, this one also supports DVD-RAM. From Hitachi-LG Data Storage comes the slim DVD drive, the GMA-4080N, the slim DVR+R DL drive for DVD recorders. While there are many other drives that support DVD+R DL, the GMA-4080N also supports DVD-RAM. Hitachi-LG Data Storage Slim Type Recordable DVD Drive – the GMA-4080N The specs are as follows: (The speeds indicated are maximums. Actual results may vary.) Writing to DVD-RAM discs is 3x. DVD ±R discs are written at o 8x, DVD ±RW discs are rewritten at 4x. DVD+R DL discs are written at 2.4x. CD-R discs are written at 24x. CD-RW discs are rewritten at 16x. DVD-ROM discs are written at 8x. CD-ROM discs are written at 24x. Front of the drive Label of Hitachi-LG Data Storage without their website listed, but their logo is visible. Naturally, when using DVD-RAM media, it’s necessary to take it out of the cartridge. The drive doesn’t come with any included software. The price at Tsukumo was 16,800 yen. A similar DVD-RAM and DVD+R DL Writeable drive from Matsushita Electric, the UJ-831B goes for around 20,000. At that price, the GMA-4080N is a good deal. Article inspired by: http://akiba.ascii24.com/akiba/news/2005/03/11/654782-000.html [1] Website: Hitachi-LG Data Storage [2] 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=932 Links in this article   [1] http://akiba.ascii24.com/akiba/news/2005/03/11/654782-000.html   [2] http://www.hlds.co.jp/j_index.jsp