Ikebana Dual Format DVD Writer?

[Abell44]

I saw this one posted on the Techbargains site for an Ikebana Dual Format
Drive.

http://shop3.outpost.com/product/3612885

They seem to think it may be a Ricoh unit. (2Mb Buffer vs. 8Mb Sony)



Not much of a pic, but the Outpost image was the only one I found.

Does anyone have any experience or info on this one. I couldn't find anything on it, even at the Shecom website.

Thanks!

[Kennyshin]

It looks like an NEC ND-1300A OEM.

The OEM price is somewhere around US$150 so they can make profits by selling at $220 retail.

[jsl]

A Sony OEM is my guess. It could be that the OEM versions only have 2 MB buffer or it's an error in the stated specifications.
Ricoh does not make DVD±R/RW drives and the NEC ND-1300 is not available yet and the specifications is different (the ND-1300 has faster seek times (140/120 ms), faster CD/DVD reading (40x/12x), slower CD-R writing (16x)).

[Ian]

Yeah, its a Sony DW-U10A.

[Reg-da-Ripper]

Ian and jsl are correct (but the buffer size is still 8MB), and I can confirm it: I have one in my possession (I received it today).

[Ian]

Thanks for the info Reg. Let us know how you like it.