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Sony releases first 12x dual format DVD burner

7 June 2004 14:05 by Petteri "dRD" Pyyny | 10 comments

Sony unveiled today its latest DVD burner model, DRU-540A. The drive allows 12x writing on 8x certified DVD+R discs.

Drive also supports 4x burning of DVD-RW and DVD+RW discs and 8x burning of DVD-R discs. The 12x DVD+R burning means that burning a single full disc will take appx. six minutes to complete. The drive is expected to hit the retail shelves in July and the price is set to $180 in the United States.

Source: Sony press release

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Pop_Smith (Senior Member) 7 June 2004 18:00
Thats pretty sweet, to bad its not 4x or even 8x DVD-9 though. Does that mean the 12x is only on the +R format and not on the -R? [ + quote]
firewire (Junior Member) 8 June 2004 4:18
The question is Do I go for speed? or the new dual layer format. Must say if it was amy manufacturer bar Sony I may have been tempted. [ + quote]
john179 (Senior Member) 8 June 2004 9:56
I would say it will be better to wait a while as iam sure you will get all on one drive soon.Some will rush in and purchase that is what i use to do but i think i will wait a while this time. [ + quote]
Toiletman (Senior Member) 8 June 2004 17:46
The first wave of technology is usually unstable. So you might get more coasters from burning at 12x than 4x. I'm going to go with a 107 :D Has everything an average Toiletman could need. [ + quote]
djscoop (AfterDawn Addict) 9 June 2004 13:36
at this point i think size takes prescedence over speed. I'd rather have a slower dual layer burner which you can "backup" entire movies, than have a faster single layer one. [ + quote]
vurbal (Staff Member) 9 June 2004 13:47
Since I won't be able to afford to buy the media now I'll probably wait until around Christmas time when I should be able to find a good deal on a Pioneer dual layer burner. Having owned a Pioneer and then a Sony I have to admit I'm partial to Pioneer. I'm betting media prices will also drop significantly at the end of the year. Otherwise I might wait a few more months after that. Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for a night. Set him on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life Backup A DVD With DVD Rebuilder & CCE Basic: http://www.afterdawn.com/guides/archive/dvd_rebuilder_tutorial.cfm [ + quote]
djscoop (AfterDawn Addict) 9 June 2004 13:54
i'm partial to pioneer too. my dvr-105 has worked flawlessly for almost 2 years now. whats the details on the pioneer dual layer burner? have the come out with one for dvd-r yet, and how much is the media? 1800+ Athlon XP - 1.5GB pc2700 ddr - MSI KT3 Ultra 2 - 120gb 7200rpm wd, 160 gb 7200rpm maxtor, 47gb 10k rpm scsi seagate - pioneer dvr-105 - liteon 48X24X48 [ + quote]
Pop_Smith (Senior Member) 9 June 2004 13:55
Around Christmas people will have sales on the burners and, more companys will have developed dual-layer burners by then, also, if they haven't already Ritek will get involved in the dual-layer market and prices on dual (as well as single) layer media will drop. [ + quote]
vurbal (Staff Member) 9 June 2004 14:41
I believe Pioneer is planning on their first dual layer drive being available in the 3rd quarter and it's supposed to be the same speed (for everything I think) as the Sony. I think they're planning on a 16x single layer drive around the same time. Personally I figure if it's a new type of DVD drive and Pioneer hasn't come out with one yet it's not ready for prime time yet. As always YMMV. Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for a night. Set him on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life Backup A DVD With DVD Rebuilder & CCE Basic: http://www.afterdawn.com/guides/archive/dvd_rebuilder_tutorial.cfm [ + quote] This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 9 June 2004 14:43
OAKside24 (Member) 10 June 2004 3:04
Wait for dual-layer burners to be affordable. Heck of a nice sig, vurbal...lol. [ + quote]