Acer Peripherals, Ricoh Introduce New CD and DVD Drives Sub $100 DVD-ROM drive due
Acer Peripherals America Inc., San Jose, Calif., said today it expects to ship a sub-$100 DVD-ROM drive during the third quarter of this year.
The Acer Peripherals DVD-ROM drive will feature 5X speed, and be based on a Hitachi mechanism, said Peter Hwang, account manager for the company's optical storage devices. Meanwhile, Ricoh Corp., Sparks, Nev., will shortly release a CD drive featuring 4X CD-RW write speed, 4X CD-R write speed, and 20X CD-ROM read speed (4X4X20), as well as new high-speed blank CD-RW and CD-R media, said Rene Buhay, national sales manager for digital camera products for Ricoh's Consumer Products Group.
Acer Peripherals and Ricoh were two of over 100 vendors attending the Reseller XChange program here this week. Reseller XChange is hosted by the Channel Group of CMP Media Inc. Buhay said Ricoh will ship both internal and external versions of its SCSI 4X4X20 CD drive within 30 to 45 days. The drive is similar to the company's ATAPI 4X4X20 drive currently shipping. A USB (Universal Serial Bus) version is expected to start shipping in June, he said. By year end, Ricoh expects to offer a 6X6X20 drive as well, said Buhay. Ricoh is now shipping its new Multi-speed media, which is a blank CD-RW disk for use in 1X,
2X, and 4X drives, Buhay said. "Within the next 60 days, Packard, Sony, and others will launch 4X CD-RW drives," he said. "The market will need the 4X media." Also available this week are Ricoh's new Platinum blank CD-R disks which Buhay said are suitable for 1X to 8X CD-R drives.
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