Iomega ships 16x USB 2.0 DVD burner
updated 02:50 pm EDT, Wed September 29, 2004
Iomega 16x USB 2.0 DVD
Iomega has begun shipping its new second-generation . Offering support for the new 8.5 GB double-layer (DL) recording standard, the new drive will debut next week at the TechXNY tradeshow in New York City, Oct. 5-7, at the Jacob Javits Convention Center. The drives feature a USB 2.0 interface and support DVD+R and DVD+RW (16x4x8x write, rewrite, and read), DVD-R and DVD-RW (8x4x8x), and CD-R and CD-RW discs (40x24x40x) as well as 40x digital audio extraction. The $200 drive, now available, includes Charismac Discribe for Mac OS and requires Mac OS X 10.2.7 or later. A $30 mail-in rebate is available as well. (Currently only supports Single Layer recording only--4.7GB per disc.)


