Sony Improves Optical Drives to 20X

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on August 8, 2007 6:12 AM | Permalink

Sony just announced its modifications on its line of multi-format optical drives. From its original speed, it now reads media to speeds as fast as 20X. As for the style and figure of these devices, it's still the same as before. In fact they look identical to the original set. The specs also doesn't show any changes. So it is safe to say, that Sony only tweaked the devices' speed. The slimline DRX-S70U external DVD burner is still as slim as it is while the standard external is still a giant Wii-sized monster.

These drives are Sony’s latest crop of multi-format DVD burners that support 20X DVD±R recording speeds, delivering a full 4.7 GB disc of video, data, music or images on standard 16X DVD+R media in about five minutes. In addition, the drives can record on 8.5GB DVD+R Double/Dual layer and 4.7GB DVD+RW discs at 12X speed.

The internal DRU-840A drive is now available for about $70; the external DRX-840U burner is expected to ship next month for around $110; and the slim DRX-S70U drive will also be available next month for about $130.

via: Wired Blogs