Pioneer Notebook "Superdrive" Announced

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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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[ 07-31-2002: Message edited by: Amorph ]</p>

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  • Reply 1 of 9
    matsumatsu Posts: 6,558member
    Sony already has a VAIO with DVD-R capability. It might be coming to a TiBook near you, but Apple has to keep the prices, they're already to high since they took the bottom-end back up to 2499.
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  • Reply 2 of 9
    o and ao and a Posts: 579member
    this is coinciding with <a href="http://www.macrumors.com"; target="_blank">www.macrumors.com</a> reporting superdrive Tibooks are near.



    this could mean something...
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  • Reply 3 of 9
    formatcformatc Posts: 20member
    [quote]Originally posted by Matsu:

    <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.



    [ 07-31-2002: Message edited by: FormatC ]</p>
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  • Reply 4 of 9
    matsumatsu Posts: 6,558member
    They have a big ass desktop replacement NOTEBOOK that needs to be plugged into AC power in order to utilize the DVD-R functionality. I guess there isn't enough juice to supply power for a whole DVD authoring session.



    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.
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  • Reply 5 of 9
    jasonppjasonpp Posts: 308member
    Yup I saw it weeks ago on <a href="http://www.sonystyle.co.jp"; target="_blank">http://www.sonystyle.co.jp</a>;
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  • Reply 6 of 9
    matsumatsu Posts: 6,558member
    Anyone read Japanese here? Can you post a direct link to the pic/model in question? Thanks.
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  • Reply 7 of 9
    pi radianspi radians Posts: 56member
    [quote]Originally posted by Matsu:

    <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.
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  • Reply 8 of 9
    formatcformatc Posts: 20member
    You are right about the Sony. After digging hard, I found it:



    <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.



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  • Reply 9 of 9
    fran441fran441 Posts: 3,715member
    There is already a topic on this. Use it for all future disucssion.



    <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>;
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