Now that is fast, and for a DVD no less! While I am not in the market myself, it is still a pretty clever option nevertheless.

One of the most competitive areas of technology is the speed with which we write to optical storage media – five minutes saved writing a DVD is something we’re all prepared to pay for. And Samsung loves the bigger/better/faster game, so it’s not surprising that we’re announcing yet another first , this time as the first manufacturer to market an 18X rewritable DVD and 12X DVD-RAM writable drive with its new WriteMaster SH-S182D, a five percent recording time improvement over the industry’s current 16X drives.

The SH-S182D features a speedy 8X double layer recording and quick 12X DVD-RAM recording, providing a five-minute improved RAM writing time over current drives.

Utilizing Samsung’s Super-WriteMaster technology, the SH-S182D is an advanced triple-format drive that supports DVD+RW, DVD-RW and DVD-RAM recording. Traditional DVD-RW and DVD+RW drives limit media to a 1,000 time re-recording capacity, while DVD-RAM drives offer an amazing 100,000 re-recording capability that is more comparable to a hard drive than an optical drive. With its DVD-RAM recording functionality, the SH-S182D is ideal for IT professionals for use in enterprise and network storage applications. For businesses that perform daily or weekly back up of vast amounts of data from hard drives and are looking for a robust drive or media format that can handle the demands of multiple re-writes, the SH-S182D is the ultimate solution…. Source: gizmag

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