Sanyo enters DVD-R burner market: 4X DVD-R, 1.4 GB CD-RW.

[Eug]

Sanyo will enter the market this summer with its new Sanyo CRD-DV1 which does 4X DVD-R, 2X DVD-RW, and makes 1.4 GB CD-R/CD-RW. (The 1.3/1.4 GB CD-RW method is supposed to be different from Sony's.)

Now the questions are:

1) If it hits Japan by summer, when will it hit North America and Europe?
2) How useless are the 1.4 GB CD-Rs going to be?
3) How much is the 4X DVD-R media going to cost? (Mitsui is a great brand, but tends to be pricey.)

 

[randomlinh]

dunno, but hopefully it drives prices down


Ok, i just actually read the link.. heh.. 1.4GB on current media?? i think that's an attractive feature...if it works reliably.

 

[JackBurton]

Oh, that's AWESOME! 4X DVD-R, I love it! I will definitely wait now for the 4X DVD-R drives!

 

[DaveSimmons]

now all we need are Rio/SlimX portables that use DVD-R (and 1.4 GB RW?), 4 GB of music per disc.

Then if someone puts out a 200-DVD-changer with MP3 support, I can fit my 1,200+ CDs into one small box, sweet!

 

[Eug]

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
now all we need are Rio/SlimX portables that use DVD-R (and 1.4 GB RW?), 4 GB of music per disc.

Then if someone puts out a 200-DVD-changer with MP3 support, I can fit my 1,200+ CDs into one small box, sweet!

Sony 400 CD changer: supports MP3 CD-R/W

Not a DVD-changer, but it will hold all of your CDs if encoded to MP3.

 

[virusag11]

That sounds awesome! My biggest concern is media and finding a standard that will work across mulitple platforms. I know the DVD-Rs that I burn now are very hit and miss on different stand alone dvd players.

 

[krackato]

Man, that thing has incredible specs. 24x cd burning, double the space on CDR's and (finally!) 4x DVD burning. Can't wait.

 

[Ziptar]

Mmm drool.... I was going to buy a DVD+R DVD+RW drive... but now I will have to wait... forget the 4X DVD burning... I like the double space CD-r's