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NEC to release ND-1500A 8x DVD+RW recorder in November

Posted on 28/07/03 11:48 by Jan Willem

NEC is currently one of the most popular DVD writer brands, with the plus format writer the ND-1100A and the dual format writer the ND-1300A the Japanese electronics giant took a large market share. Now we have received information about the follow up of these success models, the ND-1500. This will be a DVD+RW recorder with the following specifications:

NEC ND-1500 Datasheet

Writing Speed

   CD-R 16x-24x ZCLV

   CD-RW 10x CLV

   CD-RW(us) 16x-24x ZCLV

   DVD+R 8X ZCLV

   DVD+RW 4X CLV

Reading Speed

   CD-ROM/CD-R 17x-40x CAV

   CD-RW 13x-32x CAV

   DVD-ROM 5x-12x CAV

Access Time 120ms(1/3 stroke)

I/F IDE/ATAPI

DMA Support Ultra DMA 33 Mhz

PIO Mode Mode 4

Compatibility PC2001 Compliance / Mt.Rainier (CD)
DVD+MRW(T.B.D)

Compatible with CD-ROM, CD-DA, CD-R, CD-RW, Video-CD,
CD-Extra, CD-Text, DVD-ROM, DVD+R/RW

Buffer Under Run
Prevention NEC Original

The recorder is expected to hit the market in November. Earlier Lite-On and Plextor released information about dual format 8x DVD recorders. Discuss this in our ND-1500 thread in our forum. Expected is that more information about a dual format 8x NEC DVD writer will follow soon.

Source: CD Freaks.com

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