14 DAY TRIAL // Sony announced today another device, a peripheral which will be launched soon on the retail market - the external DVD-RAM compatible DVD writer that accompanies the recently launched DRU-820A internal model.
The latest DRX-820UL was designed in order to fit in any small space, as it can be used while it is positioned horizontally or vertically. This is why it is ideal for any given products such as notebooks or PCs.
In addition, as it features almost the same capabilities as the internal model, the new DRX-820UL offers Sony branded performance and an award-winning Nero Software Suite, which includes bonus tools for DVD authoring, audio editing and DVD back-up.
DRX-820UL can be connected via High-Speed USB2.0 or IEEE1394 interface to any compact PC or notebook, offering a rewriteable speed of 5x for DVD-RAM media, the ability to burn all DVD+R/RW and DVD-R/RW media, including the latest double and dual layer DVD recordable discs, while offering 8.5GB of capacity per single sided dual layer disc.
Sony?s DRX-820UL records DVD+R DL media at 8x speed, DVD-R DL media at 6x speed and single-layer DVD?R discs at 16x speed. Furthermore, rewritable DVDs can be recorded at 8x (DVD+RW) and 6x (DVD-RW) speed respectively and the drive offers 48x CD speed.
On 9th of May, Sony released its DRU-820A, which burns all DVD+R/RW and DVD-R/RW media, including the latest double and dual layer DVD recordable discs, maintaining its high read/write speeds and writing quality.
The DRU-820A records DVD+R DL media at 8x speed, DVD-R DL media at 6x speed and single-layer DVD?R discs at 16x speed. Rewritable DVDs can be recorded at 8x (DVD+RW) and 6x (DVD-RW) speed respectively and the drive offers 48x CD speed. The drive is equipped with a buffer memory size of 2MB and a fast Ultra DMA Mode 2 ATAPI interface.
The DRX-820UL will be available starting May 2006 at an estimated retail price of 139 ? (incl. VAT).