DVD Burner Speeds

[craiger]

Hi. What speeds will they top out at? Same as CD-R/RW? Also will their always be DVD/CD-RW combos, if so would we ever see a 16x-20x DVD Burner and a 52x32x52x CD-RW combo drive? Thanks, Craig.

[BurninMan921]

Hmm...RPM wise, it'll probably have to end up spinning about the same as modern 52x CD-RW drives..not sure what that works out to in DVD terms.

Speaking of 20x DVDs, the controller chips have been around forever, where the heck are the drives?

[Ian]

Hi. What speeds will they top out at? Same as CD-R/RW? Also will their always be DVD/CD-RW combos, if so would we ever see a 16x-20x DVD Burner and a 52x32x52x CD-RW combo drive? Thanks, Craig.

Let me dust off the crytal ball here.... No seriously, I've seen a few product timelines showing 12x and 16x DVD writers by the end of 2004. Will we actually see these drives by then, or is it just wishful thinking? The magic 8 ball.. err crystal ball.. says "Cannot predict now".

It's very possible some of the new DVD writers will support 52x writing and 32x rewriting. The new Lite-On and Plextor writers already write at 40x and rewrite at 24x.