Thread: Two units with external optical IO Data

Japanese IO Data has just unveiled two new external drives & burners...

IO Data has recently announced two optical units outside Japan. The DVDP U8S-DVD player is reaching a maximum speed of 8x (5x DVD-RAM, 8x DVD + R /-R SL, 6x DVD + R /-R DL and 24x DVD CD-R/ROM). Why leave a reader when a writer does not cost any more than you ask? And although the firm Nippon warrants that this product needs some environments or the concept of read-only is preferred (the user should be able to read media, but not carry information with it, by burning them for example) .Its design is known is that DVD recorders netbook launched by IO Data in recent months. Its dimensions are very compact, with 20 mm thick only (its precise dimensions are 137X154X20 mm for 340 grams).The DVDP U8S-added in the month at 7,900 yen, or about 73.9 euros, all taxes included.

The second product is the day the BRD-UH8LE, a Blu-ray external. With a USB 2.0 interface is really a simple case which accommodates the HLDS (Hitachi LG Sata Storage) BH10N. It has 4MB and cache, and speeds of 8x for BD-R, 2x for BD-RE, 16x for DVD ± R, 12x for DVD-RAM, 8x for DVD ± R DL / + RW, 6x for DVD-RW, 48x for CD-R and 24x for CD-RW. The BRD-UH8LE weighs 2.3 kilograms and measuring 166x240x 60.5 mm. It will be available shortly cons ¥ 25,400, or 239 € TTC.