Ricoh built a drive that is capable of writing CDR's, CDRW's and DVD+RW. Well that's nice. It's even nicer that the DVD+RW discs are usable in standard DVD players (standalone, DVD rom, portables).
What about speed? Well it's a little low for the time due, but ok, it's a start. CDR's can be written up to 12x, CDRW's up to 10x and DVD+RW at 2.5x.
Because the drive will be released in Q4-2001 I guess it won't become popular very fast because it still will be expensive (although I expect it to be expensive) and writing CDR's at 12x for a high price won't be really popular.... but like I said before and I'll say it again: it's a start!
The one thing left to do is wait.... so we'll do
Source: Heise
