Memorex to Offer DVD Media for home video recorders

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Posted on Friday 12th of September, 2003 at 16:10 by SirQUK
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CDR-Info Have released news about the first True 8X dual format drive. This will be first drive we have seen which will have 8X DVDR burning for both the + and - formats of DVDR media.

" Memorex announced the upcoming True 8X(TM) 8X8 Dual Format DVD recorder. The drive delivers 8X write speeds on both DVD+R and DVD-R discs. Memorex based its True 8X 8X8 drive on previous model of the company, Memorex 4X4 Dual-X drive.

The basic features of the drive include:

Technology that continually stabilizes the drive and reduces the effects of vibrations caused by improperly balanced discs during high-speed recording and playback.
Better overwrite performance than previous benchmark DVD recorders, thanks to adefect management system that allows discs to be rewritten many times over without causing a degradation of disc quality or sacrificing write performance.
A liquid crystal tilt mechanism that provides accurate and reliable operation during both recording and playback with discs that have uneven curvature or thickness.
A 60,000-hour MTBF and a 2MB buffer that ensures the even flow of data when writing to DVD discs. A buffer underrun protection system also ensures uninterrupted recording and perfect discs.
The silver and black True 8X drive also writes to CD-R discs at 40X; rewrites DVD+RW discs at 4X, DVD-RW discs at 4X and CD-RW discs at 24X; and reads DVD-ROM at 12X and CD-ROM at 40X speeds."

The Memorex True 8X 8X8 Dual Format DVD recorder will be in stores in early January 2004 at a suggested retail price of $249.99. As is usual with Memorex optical storage products, toll-free technical support and a limited one-year warranty are included in the price.

Now it may be possible for current 8X DVDR+ drives to recieve a firmware update to achieve 8X DVDR- recording, but this is only what the DVDRWAlliance say, and similar claims have been made before and not always delivered - we shall have to wait and see!

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