http://www.macnn.com/articles/03/12/08/8x.dual.format.dvd..rw/
Kano ships 8x dual-format DVD recorder with FireWire
updated 11:05 am EST, Mon December 8, 2003
8x dual-format DVD-/+RW
today introduced its 8x dual-format DVD+RW/R and DVD-RW/R drive. The K8Xtreme offers both a USB 2.0 and FireWire connection and an 8x write speed for both DVD+R and -R media, allowing it to burn an entire DVD in less than 15 minutes. The drive can also write to and read CD media at 32x16x40x speeds, and can read DVD-ROM at a speed of 12x. The external K8Xtreme Mac model includes Roxio Toast Lite for audio and video recording and playback. It is $300 (model no. K8500RF).
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Nice, but....
At 8x speeds, you can actually burn an entire DVD in a bit over 7 minutes (4x is the one that takes around 15 minutes). Pretty incredible when you think about it..... I'm glad I've held off on buying a DVD burner until now......... thinking about 2x DVD burners that take 30 minutes to burn a disc.