Panasonic has announced a new portable Super Multi drive, the LF-P967C. Along with 5x DVD-RAM writing speeds, the LF-P967C can write to DVD±R and DVD±R DL media at 8x. Here are some of the drive's specs:



Writing Speeds:
DVD±R: 8x
DVD±R DL: 8x
DVD+RW: 8x
DVD-RW: 6x
DVD-RAM: 5x
CD-R: 24x
CD-RW: 16x

Access Times:

DVD-ROM: 180ms
CD-ROM: 150ms

Read Speeds:
DVD-ROM (Single): 8x Max
DVD-ROM (Dual): 6x Max
DVD-Video: 4x Max
DVD±R: 8x Max
DVD±RW: 6x Max
DVD±R DL: 6x Max
DVD-RAM: 5x Max
CD-ROM: 24x Max

Buffer Size: 2MB


One neat thing about the LF-P967C is that it can be powered directly from the USB bus. Of course, it is consideraly slower when not using the AC adapter. If you'd like to read more, Panasonic's entire press release can be found here.