8x8 Dual Format Internal EIDE DVD+RW $19

Iceman · Post by **Iceman** » Wed Jun 01, 2005 9:02 am

$69 - $50 MIR = $19
http://www.ecost.com/ecost/shop/detail~dpno~493525.asp

Good till 30 June

DCrazy · Post by **DCrazy** » Wed Jun 01, 2005 11:27 am

So wait. It's DVD+/-R and DVD+RW, but not DVD-RW? Nowhere in the product description does it even mention RW capability.

Iceman · Post by **Iceman** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 10:02 am

Original Link wrote: 8x8 Dual Format Internal EIDE DVD+RW Drive
Designed & produced in a technology partnership with Pioneer. The DVR-Y08 is capable of writing at 8x speed on DVD-R and +R discs.

DCrazy · Post by **DCrazy** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 10:22 am

Again. Nowhere in the product description does it mention +RW capability. Only in the product title. And common sense dictates that a +/- drive would write to +/-RW, but that doesn't seem to be the case. Something's fishy.

I've sold some cheap dual-format DVD drives, but they've NEVER been this ambiguous about it.

Vindicator · Post by **Vindicator** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 12:05 pm

Google is your friend. http://www.yamakawa.de/produkte/dvr-r07.htm

The new DVR-Y08 is capable of writing at 8x speed on DVD-R discs whose standard is being ratified in the DVD Forum and +R discs that are designed for this recording speed. The new drive also records high-speed DVD-RW and +RW discs at up to 4x speed, and CD-R and CD-RW discs at up to 24x speed.

Zman · Post by **Zman** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 10:03 pm

really, $20!?!?!?!? I might go for that, how new is it, is it used, damaged, broken, working?