LG posted the specs of the upcoming GCE-8520B supporting 52X writing, 24X re-writing, 52X reading, among with SuperLink and Mt. Rainer support. There is no information when the drive will hit the market and at which price range...
Data Transfer Rate Max 7,200 Kbytes/S
Write Speed (CD-R) 8x, 12x, 16x, 24x, 32x, 40x, 48x, 52x CAV
Write Speed (CD-RW) 4x, 10x, 12x, 16x, 24x
Read Speed Max 48x
Access Time 100ms
Buffer Size 2MB
Mounting Type Horizontal / Vertical
Loading Type Motorized Tray
Compatible Formats Read : CD-ROM Mode 1, CD-XA, CD-Audio, CD-Plus, CD-Extra, CD-Text, Mixed Mode, CD-I/FMV, Video CD, Photo-CD, CD-R/RW
Write : CD-R/RW
Interface Type Internal E-IDE/ATAPI/Multi Word DMA
Dimension (W × D × H) 146mm×184.7mm×41.3mm
Weight 900g