Ouch! Can you feel that? If you were burning DVDs at a blazing speed like 16x you would! NEC also states that their latest drive can burn to DVD-R dual layer DVDs at a speed of 4x as well. Now that is impressive.

Would I rush out and buy one right now? Nah, I am quite happy with what I have at this point. For now, I see little reason to bother myself with the bleeding edge when I can buy a great alternative at a more reasonable price.

Another DVD recorder from NEC approached the current technological limit of write speed to single layer DVDs - 16x. This drive also crossed another limit, in write speed as well, but this time with double layer DVD+R discs. Now you can burn them at 4X. If this speed race will proceed at the same tempo, the standard forming organization “DVD forum” will not have enough time to standardize all the changes. Just fancy DVD recorders having reached their technological write limit so fast! Just a year ago they were making the first steps on the optical drives market and now they have already reached their maximum speed, it took CD recorders much more time to do that. I think that all the companies manufacturing DVD recorders will catch up with the new standard, and for now we’ll review the ND-3500A model from NEC, which is one of the first drives brought to our market.