also @ TechSpot: Metro: Last Light Performance, Benchmarked

› ›

NEC to Market DVD Burners

By Derek Sooman

On October 27, 2004, 12:29 PM

"We hope to spark volume and demand for the DVD category. The pricing has come down on these drives, but some vendors are still charging a bit too much. We've tried to price this in a way that, between the speed, the software, and the price, we'll have a triple benefit for consumers." - Glenn Brower, NEC's director of storage products.

NEC Solutions has taken the unusual step of marketing and shipping a DVD burner under its own brand. The ND-3500A model comes in at a very reasonable $100 and can write at up to 16X for DVD-R and DVD+R; 4X for DVD-RW and DVD+RW; and 4X for DVD+R Double Layer.

Glenn Brower of NEC also added that the drive has the interesting feature of being able to write certain 8X media, such as disks by Verbatim at 16X. This is handy given the low availability of 16X media at this time.

No tags on this story

Post a comment

Post a new comment

Social Login & Guest Posting TechSpot Members
Login here or sign up for free,
it takes about a minute.
Get complete access to the TechSpot community. Join thousands of technology enthusiasts that contribute and share knowledge in our forum. Get a private inbox, upload your own photo gallery and more.
TechSpot on:

Most Popular

Trending Featured
More Trending Topics

Featured on Keyboards

Downloads and Drivers

Downloads   Drivers  

BitTorrent Sync 1.0.134

Dropbox for Android 2.3.8

IObit Malware Fighter 2.0

Wise Folder Hider 1.35.71

HelpNDoc 3.9.1

More Downloads

Latest Discussion

Which is your favorite game? 14 replies on Gaming

What game first got you hooked on gaming? 173 replies on Gaming

HDD vs USB vs SSD boot 6 replies on Storage and Networking

How to remove write protection of USB mass storage with no visible lock/unlock 12 replies on Storage and Networking

Moar Free Dota2 6 replies on Gaming

More Recent Discussion

Subscribe to TechSpot

Get free exclusive content, learn about new features and breaking tech news.