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Old May 20, 2009, 02:04 PM   #1
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Buffalo Reveals 24x External DVD Burner

The Japanese company Buffalo is again in the news for the launch of its new ultra-fast external DVD writer DVSM-U24U2. The Buffalo DVSM-U24U2 is an excellent writer which can write DVD+R/-R at up to 24x, DVD-RAM at up to 16x, DVD-R/+R DL and DVD+RW at up to 6x, DVD-RW at up to 6x, CD-R at up to 48x and CD-RW discs at 32x. The DVD burner measures 164 (W) x 50 (H) x 266 (D) mm, weights 1.7 kg, and uses USB 2.0 connection to transfer information. Along with it, Buffalo bundles CyberLink's PowerDirector 7, PowerProducer 5, PowerDVD 8, Power2Go 6, InstantBurn 5 and PowerBackup 2 software products. The Buffalo external DVD writer is expected to ship early next month with a price tag of about $130 / 95 Euro.



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Old May 20, 2009, 02:07 PM   #2
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24x DVD = 31.68MB/s. Thats really pushing the speeds US 2.0B can put out.
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and DVD Media can take?
Faster burning results in more jitter=error rate goes up on all of my drives
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Never have I thought "Man, I wish my 16x DVD burner would burn faster" I'd rather spend the money on an internal BluRay/HD-DVD drive, same price and all lol.
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I dont feel any difference between a 16x and a 20x...
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i wonder why they even bother with externals. every laptop thats not an eeePC would come with a DVD burner already.
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looks great!....thanks for the info!....
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i wonder why they even bother with externals. every laptop thats not an eeePC would come with a DVD burner already.
Yeah, that's true. My old laptop came with a CD burner, I just swapped it with a DVD burner though, external sucks lol
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