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To: DiViT who wrote (29169)	2/6/1998 3:15:00 PM
From: John Rieman	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 50808

Samsung's new DVD-ROM drive............................. onlineinc.com Samsung's New 2X DVD-ROM Drive Can Play CD-RW Discs Samsung Electronics America's Information Systems Division has introduced the SDR-230 2X DVD-ROM drive. According to the company, it is one of the first drives on the market that plays CD-RW discs as well as all other available formats (DVD-ROM, DVD-Video, CD-R, CD-ROM, audio CD). The SDR-230 achieves compatibility with CD-R and CD-RW discs with its Annular Mask Pick-Up, a one-lens/two-laser system. The drive provides an MPEG-2 full-motion video signal and an AC-3 surround sound audio signal, plus access times of 150ms for DVD-ROM and 100ms for CD-ROM, and data transfer rates of 2,760KB/sec for DVD-ROM and 3,600KB/sec for CD-ROM. It reads CD-ROMs at speeds up to 24X. (Samsung Electronics America, Inc., 105 Challenger Road, Ridgefield Park, NJ 07660-0511; 201/229-4000; sosimple.com)