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Sony Electronics has introduced its tenth generation of DVD burners.
The internal DRU-810A and external DRX-810UL models support the industry's fastest 8X DVD+R Double Layer (DL) recording speed, and can burn up to 8.5GB of video, data, music or images on compatible media in about fifteen minutes.
The 810 series of DVD burners also features 4X DVD-R DL, 16X DVD+/ -R, 8X DVD+RW, 6X DVD-RW, 48X CD-R and 32X CD-RW recording.
The drives come bundled with a feature-rich software package suite from Nero burning, authoring and editing home movies, creating digital scrapbooks, and backing up critical data.
"Sony continues to hold the leadership position for retail market share of the industry's double layer DVD drives, and our 810 series is further testament to our commitment to innovate where our users value it the most -- in the drive's performance," said Robert DeMoulin, marketing manager for branded storage products in Sony Electronics' IT Products Division. "In addition, users want the ability to select from a host of options when it comes to DVD burning and by providing both dual and double layer recording, we enable them to choose what media will best address their needs."
Sony's 810 series of DVD burners is designed at the optimum price/ performance for consumers wanting to store and share home movies, digital photos, and music; businesses deploying DVD video-based training and sharing large files; and filmmakers creating prototypes on recordable/rewritable DVD discs before proceeding with mass replication.
The internal DRU-810A drive comes with an ATAPI interface for easy installation inside a PC and includes a black replacement bezel for those with black-colored PC cases. The external DRX-810UL drive features a space-efficient vertical design and offers connectivity with both i.LINK (IEEE 1394) and hi-speed USB (USB 2.0) digital interfaces for simple set-up and maximum flexibility.
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