Pioneer Japan sent out a press release this morning, announcing their
latest 18x DVD writer, the DVR-S12J. Along with support for Serial ATA, the DVR-S12J features 18x DVD±R, 12x DVD-RAM and 10x DVD±R DL
writing speeds. Here's part of their press release, translated from Japanese:
The knitting machine 18 time speed of DVD±R, DVD-RAM the record precision which
is stabilized even at the high-speed record time of 12 time speed of 2 actualized the quiet sound conversion which it is thorough
simultaneously with “the air induction slit” on the disk tray which is succeeded and this corporation individual “disk resonance
stabilizer” from “the DVR-A12J” series.
In addition, besides the fact that high-speed record of record playback and single sided
2 layer media Dual of various record types DVD and record type CD Layer DVD-R and DVD+R Double Layer (the maximum of 10 time speed) it is
corresponding, drawing is possible to the label surface of the private disk which corresponds “Labelflash (the label flash) technology”
and, you adopt also the stylish front panel design which is glossy to continue.
While Pioneer has not announced a price, AV Watch expects the DVR-S12J to cost about 11,000
Yen($90US). If you live in Japan, expect to see the drive on store shelves some time in June. More information, including a full list of
specs, can be found here.
