Sony Electronics has officially unveiled its fall line-up of DVD/CD burners. Along with their 830 series of multi-format DVD burners, the company is offering a new slim external drive for those on the go.
Based on Sony's 12th generation of optical storage technology innovation, the new 830 series of multi-format DVD burners support all of the industry's leading recording formats in just one drive. Enabling the industry's fastest 18X DVD±R recording speed, the 830 burners deliver a full 4.7 GB of video, data, music or images on standard 16X DVD+R media in about five minutes.
The internal DRU-830A drive and external DRX-830U burner come bundled with the new Nero 7 software suite, a feature-rich package for burning, authoring and editing home movies, creating digital scrapbooks and backing up critical data. The external DRX-830UL-T drive is designed for dual Macintosh and Windows platform support. It also includes Roxio Toast 6 Lite software in the box.
For those looking for a space-saving burner to complement their notebook or desktop PCs, Sony's DRX-S50U drive offers all the advantages of a high-speed DVD/CD burner in a slim external design. This drive also comes with the Nero 7 software suite, including DVD authoring, video editing, photo retouch and disc label creation.
The internal DRU-830A drive is shipping now for about $70 after a $20 mail-in rebate. The DRX-830U and DRX-S50U are both expected to ship in October for $100 (after $30 rebate) and $130 respectively. Last but not least, the DRX-830UL-T will ship in December for $130 (after $30 rebate). More information, including a list of specs, can be found here.
