ASUS announces DRW-0402P/D dual format DVD±R/RW drive

July 22, 2003

GristyMcFisty used our news submit to tell us that Asus released 4 days ago a press release announcing that the company will start the sales of a dual format DVD recorder. The company has decided, like many other manufacturers like, Verbatim, Memorex, NEC, Plextor, NEC, TDK, Pioneer, Lite-On, LG, Mitsumi, Benq, BTC and others that they should leave the choice to consumers if they want to write DVD-R(W) or DVD+R(W) discs. The drive will have the following features:

Features DRW-0402P/D:

4X DVD-Write/2.4X DVD+RW/4X DVD-Write/2X DVD-ReWrite/12X DVD-ROM/16X CD-Write/10X CD-ReWrite/32X CD-ROM

Buffer Underrun Errors Prevention for CD and DVD Recording

UDMA33 Supported

Free Bundle of Latest CD/DVD Recording/Editing Software

Vertical and Horizontal Mounting Available

User-Oriented Front Panel Design

Air Vent Design for Optimal Drive Temperature

Supports DAO, TAO, SAO, Packet Write

Supports Windows XP/ NT/ ME/ 2000/ 98SE

Supports Multi-Formats: DVD-ROM, DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD-Video, CD-R, CD-RW, CD-DA, CD-ROM Mode1, CD-ROM/XA Mode2, Photo CD, CD-I, CD-Extra, CD-Text

More information can be found on the Asus Website. Discuss this new drive in our Recording Hardware Forum. The company also recently officially announced a new 52x/32x/52x CD-RW recorder.

Source: Asus