Pioneer plans DVR-A06 this summer, DVR-A07 fall

[joepic]

Sorry for the poor GERMAN to ENGLISH translation:

The DVR-A06 will be more of an updated version of the DVR-A05 and it's only the CD writing speed that's going to be faster than its predecessor (24x vs. 16x).

But just in time for next Christmas Pioneer plans to release the DVR-A07 featuring 8x/4x DVD-R/RW burn speed. Chip.de writes that this however might be the fastest DVD burner Pioneer will make (Babelfish translation):

To the Christmas business in this year Pioneer with the Dvr-a07 plans a genuine successor for the current Dvr-a05. Then 8x burning speed on DVD R-S and 4x on DVD RW media is to be achieved.

Here then the technical end of the speed increase could have to be seen, so Pioneer, because 16x speed requires a too high number of revolutions of the media. A "speed limit" would give it with 52 to 56x to rotational speed in things CD R-S.

An 8x DVD-burner is equivalent writing speed to 72x CD-R recording speed It's a pitty that Pioneer are not interested in doing a dual format DVD-burner.

[gcutler]

I wonder when the 8x DVD-R media will come out? I might wait for the A06 or A07? But lately the most important issues is DVD-RW speed. Since I do see a point where my burning of DVD-Rs will drop off (since my VHS collection is more than 1/2 converted). But my use of DVD-RW will be constant. Faster DVD-RW will benefit me in the long run and 4x RW media would be NICE!!!.

[AceYu]

Hmm... 72x equivlent..... Has anyone run into the exploding CD problem, read a great article on CD's exploding at high speeds and in several cases destroyed the drive and injured people. This was only at 48 or 52 time writes!

Later BRETT

[Jester700]

The 72x CDRW by Kenwood used 3 beams - the rotational speed was less than a current 48x machine. Anything above 48x in CDR is hype anyway - how many seconds do you really save? But at 48x the rotational speed is high - above 10,000 RPM, IIRC. What speed is a DVD rotating at 16x?

[JamesUK]

why can't these dvd-r drives go faster than 16x anyway, am sure the sony gives better cdr write speed, i mean 16x is pretty old in comparison now, even 24x in the summer is crap in comparison to mostly all 52x speed drives out now, it seems a bit dissapointing that a drive as new as this, even one thats not out till the summer, can only do 24x on cd's

[WeedVender]

Hmm... 72x equivlent..... Has anyone run into the exploding CD problem, read a great article on CD's exploding at high speeds and in several cases destroyed the drive and injured people. This was only at 48 or 52 time writes!

Later BRETT

Don't remind me.. It happened to me...
A CD exploded in a 48X drive and stabbed my ass when the explosion blew the face plate off.

[vitualis]

People, the "x" ratings (i.e., 1x, 2x, 4x, etc.) don't refer to the same thing between DVDs and CDs.

1x DVD is (in terms of data rate) about ten times that of 1x CD.

1x DVD is (in terms of spin rate) about three times that of 1x CD.

So a 16x DVD at full speed has a data transfer rate at about 160x CD and a spin rate about 48x CD.

Obviously, a 16x DVD drive actually still spins a disc at full hilt pretty fast.

Regards.