Pioneer Unveils Multiformat DVD/CD Unit

[paulw]

FYI,

Pioneer is leading a radical shift in the optical storage market, broadening its support for DVD rewritable standards, with consumers coming out the winner.

The company's sixth-generation rewritable DVD drive, the DVR-AO6 makes its debut this week with support for both the "dash" and "plus" DVD formats. That is, it will handle the DVD Forum standard format DVD-R and DVD-RW discs, as well as +R and +RW discs.

Link.

http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,110775,tk,dn051903X,00.asp

[Ted222]

Cool....now if they could just support DVD-RAM then that would be worth plunking down some extra dough.

Tee

[Dr Mordrid]

I wouldn't buy a burner without DVD-RAM capability now that DVD-VR decks are coming out that support it. I'm using the Panasonic SW-9571-CYY DVD-R/RW/RAM + CD-R/RW and it's working out just great.

No; I don't miss DVD+whatever one bit...especially now that the myth of its "superior" compatability has been proven no better than DVD-whatever.

Dr. Mordrid