Pioneer officially announces Pioneer A07 8x dual format DVD recorder
Posted on 12/11/03 16:26 by Jan Willem                             
Pioneer officially announces Pioneer A07 8x dual format DVD recorder
Pioneer Europe has officially announced the Pioneer A07 dual format 8x DVD recorder. Previously some information about this drive leaked, but now the company has disclosed the correct information. The drive will write DVD-R and DVD+R discs at 8 speed, DVD-RW and DVD-RW discs will be written at 4 speed. The A07 is the follow up of the previous Pioneer succesor A06, which has been praised on a lot of forum because it's good price and quality and also important media compatibility.

It seems that Pioneer is betting that users will find this becoming more and more important and the Pioneer A07 features more technology to ensure the best quality of your written discs.

Pioneer has sought to compensate for the varying quality of media available in the market with a range of technologies to enhance high-speed writing quality and reliability. These technologies include:

  • A Liquid Crystal Control system for precise writing onto the surface of discs that have become warped or are of uneven thickness
  • Smart Laser driver, which provides precise laser pulse control and achieves reliable recording for high speed writing
  • Precision Recording Technology, applies an automatically adjustable writing technique that enables recording at optimum conditions for each type of media
  • A Defect Management System enhances writing reliability even further, while maintaining read compatibility with DVD-ROM drives, DVD players, DVD recorders and other DVD writers
  • An Ultra Dynamic Resonance Absorber reduces vibrations caused by impaired or low quality media that can affect performance during high-speed recording and playback

As usual the drives comes with software to easily capture video and edit the footage and also provides DVD authoring, writing and playback functionality. In January 2004 the drive should hit the shelves with an estimated price of 300 EUROs. You can read the entire press release here.

Source: Pioneer

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By Warped, Wednesday 12 November 2003 16:52
Well this is the fastest burner for both dvdr formats as it does 8x for dvd-r and +r and 4 for both -rw and +rw I haven't seen any other drives offering these speeds for both formats. Well done Pioneer supergrin
By tazdevl, Wednesday 12 November 2003 18:03
tazdevlAssuming the 8X-R/4X-RW specs are ratified.
By Jorg, Wednesday 12 November 2003 18:59
"I haven't seen any other drives offering these speeds for both formats." I still haven't! This is just an announcement, of a drive that (according to the press release) "might" be introduced in January 2004, depending on Forum approval. Don't forget that 8x DVD+R drives have been out for months. Pioneer did not even *demonstrate* 8x DVD-R technology, like Philips demonstrated 16x DVD+R technology this week. The introduction of 8x DVD-R might even be around the same time of introduction of dual layer 8.5 GB DVD+R or 12-16x DVD+R drives. Mhh. "Well done Pioneer" Agreed. Excellent press release! Smilie
By StarGhost, Wednesday 12 November 2003 19:11
StarGhostPlextor have had an 8x recorder out for a while now guys.
By HyperYagami, Wednesday 12 November 2003 20:40
that's 8x on dvd+r dude.
By rcacraman, Wednesday 12 November 2003 21:21
but what is the CD/R/RW writing speed ??? This was always the failing to the A06 - I didn't want to buy an A06 because it would takes ages for any CD burning.
By Mad Burner, Thursday 13 November 2003 03:05
Mad Burner"but what is the CD/R/RW writing speed ???" According to the press release it will write CD-R and CD-RW media at up to 24x speed. The big question will be whether or not it will be able to write at 8x on 4x media like the Plextor PX-708A does with +R. Being able to write at 8x on both -R and +R would be a definite advantage Wink
By pc2100ddr, Thursday 13 November 2003 07:54
pc2100ddrhttp://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread/t-78380.html i hope the A07 won't be as bad as the LG 4040B at CD-R/RW...the LG is 24x/16x! yuck Embarrassment currently i'm set to get the Plextor PX-708A for christmas, hopefully the new Sony DRU-530A will be out by then & prices drop devil it's about time for 8x-R writing, but -R aint gonna be my main burn format--just aint compatible or technically capable as +R
By Active8, Thursday 13 November 2003 10:41
I think [hope!] by the time 8 speed media is in full swing, dual-layer drives & media will be out and about. I have the 106, and my next move is dual-layer, not a faster writer.
By dfnshow, Friday 14 November 2003 00:37
i've never understood the concept of burning cds with a dvd burner...if you want faster cd burning speeds buy a faster..save the dvd burner for dvds...most cases have 3 bays...use them Smilie
By Warped, Friday 14 November 2003 18:53
i've never understood the concept of burning cds with a dvd burner...if you want faster cd burning speeds buy a faster..save the dvd burner for dvds...most cases have 3 bays...use them I agree Smilie it's about time for 8x-R writing, but -R aint gonna be my main burn format--just aint compatible or technically capable as +R I dont agree, especially the part about being more compatible, everyone knows -R is the most compatible. +RW is better for video editing and that is it.
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