Acording to Taiwan makers quoted
in this DigiTimes report, the 18x burners are going to make some impressive
sales gains in the coming months. They can already feel the demand growing for
these faster drives and manufacturers are responding to the market now.
Toshiba-Samsung Storage Technology (TSST) this month will launch its 18x
Super Multi DVD burners, which have a writing speed of 12x for the DVD-RAM
format, higher than the 4-6x of other Super Multi models, the sources indicated.
Japan-based Plextor launched a 18x DVD Dual burner in February of this year.
Lite-On IT, Taiwan's largest ODD maker, is poised to begin volume production of
18x DVD burners next quarter.
Heh. Who cares about 18x burners or 16x. Most users don't need more than 8x
burning. It is fast enough. We need to improve DL speed and bring the prices
down!
