Philips Launches World's Fastest DVD Burner

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Remember the old CD burner wars. When 4x was the top dog. It's back again, but this the CD burner war is the DVD burner war. Philips announced that they have created the world's fastest DVD burner. This burner has a speed of 16x which can burn an entire disc in less than six minutes.

Philips Electronics has launched the world's first 16-speed DVD writer, which can burn a disc in less than six minutes, the Dutch group said on Tuesday. U.S. computer maker Dell will be the first customer for the new DVD burner, sources familiar with the Philips activity told Reuters. Philips and Dell have a partnership to supply each other with products.

Philips said it planned to produce 600,000 of the devices every month. Computer makers will pay between 80 and 90 euros ($97-$109) per DVD writer when buying in large quantities, while consumers will have to pay around 180 euros. The product, which has two layers that take the maximum storage capacity up to 8.5 gigabytes or four hours of DVD quality video, will be a mainstream feature in personal computers by the end of 2004, Philips said. Until now, eight-speed burners were at the top of the range.

News source: Reuters

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#1 JohnO on 22 Jun 2004 - 14:49

omfg i can burn a dvd in under a minute

(4 replies) #2 mikey on 22 Jun 2004 - 14:53

is this the maximum it will go (like 52x CD-R's?) because i'm waiting before i buy one

#2.1 mrk on 22 Jun 2004 - 14:59

well, not really..... besides sony and panasonic are releasing their blue laser variants later this year which holds around 27GB minimum and upwards per disc

#2.2 hardgiant on 22 Jun 2004 - 16:36

Yes 16x is max then comes HD-DVD

BluRAY is gonna be to expensive so here's to HD-DVD

#2.3 Shining Arcanine on 22 Jun 2004 - 19:38

I thought CD-Rs could go up to 56x.

#2.4 theyarecomingforyou on 23 Jun 2004 - 01:35

52x is the highest disk spin speed i've read, but i remember a 72x CD burner so I guess there must be techniques other than just spinning disks faster...

(1 reply) #3 sentio on 22 Jun 2004 - 15:05

Sony has never failed to impress me. Their burning products in the past have been superb.

#3.1 SecretAgentMan on 23 Jun 2004 - 09:19

Sony sells junk and that will never change.

(1 reply) #4 sodapop on 22 Jun 2004 - 15:09

why bother? isn't that new blu-ray and other crap coming out?

#4.1 jameswjrose on 22 Jun 2004 - 16:40

Well, the 'bother' is always personal choice. Sooner or later another technology will come along and beat blu-ray.. it's a matter of what do you or yoru business need right now and in the immediate future.

<Shrug> and I just bought a DVD burner at home for $100... oh well...

(1 reply) #5 noll3095 on 22 Jun 2004 - 15:15

Something new is always coming out. If you keep waiting for "better" technology before buying something you'll never have anything.

#5.1 theyarecomingforyou on 23 Jun 2004 - 01:40

True... but there are more stable technologies, like CD burning. You don't have 3 formats to compete with (DVD-RAM, DVD-ROM, and DVD+ROM) and another two due out shortly, plus speeds changing daily. If the manufacturers are uncertain then obviously the public is gonna have a tough time deciding.

I'm opting out for now... if it was only about speed then it would be ok, but if you buy and drive and the format becomes obsolete/a minority (read: disks become more expensive), then it's more important.

#6 stezo2k on 22 Jun 2004 - 15:16

and heres me with my 4x pioneer burner

oh well, still serves me well

(1 reply) #7 Puma on 22 Jun 2004 - 15:24

Well, Phillip is sssslow. BenQ already released 16X DVD burner.

#7.1 hardgiant on 22 Jun 2004 - 16:58

Yeah but I doubt they will produce 600,000 per month like Philips can.

#8 tiagosilva29 on 22 Jun 2004 - 15:34

There isn't a DVD Burner that burns @ 52x CD-R and 32 CD-RW.

I will wait about 2 years...

#9 Powerless on 22 Jun 2004 - 16:17

...ooh yeah and you'll have to wait for 16x discs at the sametime.

#10 GShapiro on 22 Jun 2004 - 16:30

I have an 'old' 8x DVD buner and can burn a whole DVD in under 8 minutes. Even though this a 16X burner it doesn't mean it will burn 2x as fast as an 8X buner. This is true of every CD/DVD burner because burn speed only reaches it max at the outer edges of the CD/DVD.

So a 16X burner is really about 33% faster then an 8x burner. And this is only if you burn enough data to fill a whole DVD.

#11 hardgiant on 22 Jun 2004 - 16:34

Just buy a NEC 8x dual layer for $80 and then wait for HD-DVD to come out.

(2 replies) #12 spidoinkel on 22 Jun 2004 - 17:16

philips is dutch?

#12.1 mart on 22 Jun 2004 - 17:50

yup...has been for more then 100 years

#12.2 ricknl on 22 Jun 2004 - 19:00

Philips was founded in 1891 by Gerard Philips in a small town of Holland called Eindhoven to manufacture lamps. Today Philips is Europe's largest and world's one of biggest electronics company. The headquarters of Philips is in Amsterdam.

and yes... I am a Philips employee

#13 lexor on 22 Jun 2004 - 17:49

can someone point me to a Canadian store (online or otherwise) that sells philips drives? doesn't have to be 16x, I just never saw Philips drives ever in any stores.

#14 matthewf01 on 22 Jun 2004 - 17:51

umm they never say what type of disc is being burned at this 16x...

the only review i have read for a DUAL LAYER burner was from Lite-On, and it could only burn a dual layer dvd at 2.4x even though it was rated at 12x for DVD.R

are we sure about this?

(1 reply) #15 nic on 22 Jun 2004 - 17:53

Shieesh thats fast.

Does anyone make mix Cassette Tapes anymore? Remember when you had to spend hours to find all the songs you wanted on it and how much pain you felt when one of the songs ran over the end of the tape. All that work to get a mix Tape for that special someone.

#15.1 Overseer on 22 Jun 2004 - 21:15

I remember spending a ton of money on metal tapes just to get that high quality sound. And reel-to-reel for the home party mixes.

Man, those were some good days.

#16 Mav Phoenix on 22 Jun 2004 - 19:50

CRAP.

#17 f0rbez on 22 Jun 2004 - 23:24

yeah benq had this first. but whats this 16x HD-DVD... different than regular 16x DVD? or is 16x DVD just referred to as HD-DVD?

#18 fluxcapacitor on 23 Jun 2004 - 00:10

I'm too lazy to read this whole thread but what the news post doesn't mention is that when burning dual layer discs the max write speed is 2.4x, like 45 min ish for a full 8.5 GB.

#19 SirEvan on 23 Jun 2004 - 00:22

QUOTE

but this the CD burner war is

Uh.. thats the second news article I've seen today with sentence errors.. Can someone PLEASE fix these things, and do a better job writing this stuff? Don't you people proof read your work before sending it in? This should read "but this time the CD burner war is.... FIX IT!!!!

#20 adboehm on 24 Jun 2004 - 02:11

I am still waiting for 8x media in Australia... Seems to be Verbatim is the only successful 4x... I wonder when 16x blank DVD media will be available? - Probably by the time these burners are cheapo

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