Pioneer Notebook "Superdrive" Announced
Pioneer preps notebook recordable DVD drive
By Richard Shim
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
July 30, 2002, 2:35 PM PT
Pioneer Electronics is aiming to give the recordable DVD and PC markets a boost with a drive for notebooks.
The electronics maker expects to launch a recordable DVD drive for notebook PCs in the fourth quarter, according to Andy Parsons, senior vice president of sales and marketing at Pioneer. The drive will read and re-write DVD discs at 2X speed, record CDs at 16X speed and rewrite CDs at 10X speed.
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By Richard Shim
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
July 30, 2002, 2:35 PM PT
Pioneer Electronics is aiming to give the recordable DVD and PC markets a boost with a drive for notebooks.
The electronics maker expects to launch a recordable DVD drive for notebook PCs in the fourth quarter, according to Andy Parsons, senior vice president of sales and marketing at Pioneer. The drive will read and re-write DVD discs at 2X speed, record CDs at 16X speed and rewrite CDs at 10X speed.
Complete Story:
<a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1040-947250.html?tag=cd_mh" target="_blank">http://news.com.com/2100-1040-947250.html?tag=cd_mh</a>
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Comments
this could mean something...
<strong>Sony already has a VAIO with DVD-R capability.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Not on a notebook. The highest end notebook they make, the GRX580, only has a combo drive (dvd-rom/cd-r), not a dvd burner.
They do have a desktop called the MX that has DVD-R, but that's a desktop.
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Check these forums, it's linked here somewhere, but it's Japanese only. It's probably just announced for the Japanese market or something like that. There's a pic of the side, you can clearly see DVD-R on the bay door.
<strong>Anyone read Japanese here? Can you post a direct link to the pic/model in question? Thanks.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Yeah, I actually was the one who posted the link to that article weeks ago.
The DVD-burner is part of the dock, not the laptop itself.
<a href="http://www.jp.sonystyle.com/Style-a/Catalog/02su/Grx91gp/feat3.html" target="_blank">http://www.jp.sonystyle.com/Style-a/Catalog/02su/Grx91gp/feat3.html</a>
It is not part of the dock though. It is integrated.
<a href="http://forums.appleinsider.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=1&t=002231" target="_blank">http://forums.appleinsider.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=1&t=002231</a>