TDK CDR/CDRW @ 2 Gigs??? Nice!!!

[cheuyungphat]

I'm not sure if this has been posted, but this hopefully will be incredibly nice to have:

TDK 2 Gig CDR/CDRW

 

[youseelabruin]

Nice to have the option at a "small premium" over regular cd-rw drives:


2GB TDK Certified Plus ML-R and ML-RW discs will be available to support the launch of the drive, and will be available at estimated street prices of $1.99 and $2.99, respectively. The drive will be available in retail and OEM versions.



Faster and $200 cheaper than DVD burners.

Any other thoughts?

 

[Mltsao]

Wow nice.

 

[Bushwicktrini]

Will it play in regular cd-roms?

 

[bacillus]

<< Will it play in regular cd-roms? >>


very much doubt it!

 

[Anubis]

this thing is bad ass adn i want one gotta bump it up

 

[Soccerman]

this is certainly an interesting drive..

unfortunately, with DVD+RW drives coming down in price fairly quickly, I fear it's life will be shortlived..

 

[cheuyungphat]

I know what you mean Soccerman...but think in terms of 2 gigs burned in less than 6 minutes (I guess the TDK burns 2X as fast as a DVD Recorder). The speed in itself would be fantastic.

 

[madthumbs]

I think DVDRW drives will dominate even if they're slower. To fit a dvd movie on a 2Gig disk, it will still need to be compressed, and it won't play in a DVD player. I realise that not everyone is a pirate, but people tend to go for the most flexible solutions. This is a proprietary format, that I believe Sony and possibly other companies have an alternative to. For you to share files with this format with someone else, they'd need an identical drive. You're data storage is also dependant on this format succeeding, and your drive not dying. It does sound promising though.

 

[Soccerman]

oh ya, it definately would be great for backups of your HD, and much better for fitting a Divx movie on (I know people here who have to split it in 2 in order to get good quality).

there's no doubt about that.

but I think I'll go for the DVD+RW drive.. I think..

BAH! now I can't think straight..

btw, I think this is a 12x drive, but when it burns these multilayered CDs (they have 3 'layers' AFAIK) it packs 3 times as much data in the same area as a normal CDRW would. anywho that's how you would get that 36x speed..

still that's I think 5.4 meg/second or so.. I wonder if it has burnproof or the equivalent...