BenQ sent out a press release this morning, announcing two new DVD writers, the DW1800 and DW1680. While the DW1680 can write to DVD's at 16x, the DW1800 is equipped with 18x DVD±R and 12x DVD-RAM writing speeds.
BenQ today expands its optical storage lineup with the DW1800 and DW1680 DVD Re-Writer. The DW1800 and DW1680 offer 18x and 16x writing speed respectively and both feature BenQ's exclusive SolidBurn technology and convenient QSuite application package. The DW1800 offers a fast DVD RAM writing speed of up to 12x, currently the fastest available on the market and supports both DVD+R and DVD-R Double Layer recording at 8x.

Equipped with BenQ's exclusive SolidBurn technology, the DW1800 & DW1680 DVD Re-Writer offer superior optical writing with over-speed burning while maintaining at an excellent burning quality. Users can take advantage of the QSuite application package which includes a variety of convenient functions such as QScan function and Test Write function.
No word on pricing or avaialability. As we find out more, we'll let you know. In the mean time, BenQ's entire press release can be found here.