First 'DVD Multi' Drive...

[Jerry Jones]

...looks like mass June shipments are starting in Germany:

http://www.lgdvd.de/index2.htm

This new GMA-4020B 'DVD Multi' drive is from a collaboration between Hitachi and LG.

It burns to DVD-RAM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, CD-R and CD-RW.

Jerry Jones

http://www.jonesgroup.net

[paulw]

Pity I don't speak German. But it's a step in the rite direction. I personally preferred on paper the + camp but the market I think is deciding. Heres hoping that this may be the start of some form of standard.

[IM_Riktar]

Now that is just too darn cool.

[Dr Mordrid]

COOL isn't the word. Can't wait for other manufacturers to come out with similar products so the prices drop...

Dr. Mordrid

[VJ]

Toshiba has a decent - wrt. compatibility - dvd-rom drive (SDM-1612). Ok, it is just a reader, but the fact that it can both read DVD-RAM and DVD-RW make it worth mentioning:

http://www.toshiba.com/taissdd/products/features/SDM1612-Over.shtml

http://www.toshiba.com/taissdd/products/spec/SDM1612-Spec.shtml

It is capable of
DVD: DVD-ROM (DVD-5, DVD-9, DVD-10, DVD-18), DVD-R (read), DVD-RW, DVD-RAM
CD: CD-DA, CD+(E)G, CD-MIDI, CD-TEXT, CD-ROM, CD-ROM XA, CD-I Bridge (Photo-CD, Video CD), CD-I, Multisession CD (Photo- CD, CD-Extra, CD-RW, CD-R), CD-R (read), CD-RW (read)

Its performance does drop slightly with DVD-RAM.


Jörg