Ricoh announced the new MP5163A. The ATAPI drive supports 4x DVD+R and 2.4x DVD+RW writing, 12x DVD reading while it is also a 16x10x40x CD-RW writer.

The retail package is complete and includes 1 Ricoh DVD+RW and 5 DVD+R blank media. The bundled software is Nero v5.xx, Nero Vision Express (authoring), InCD UDF 1.5 for CD/DVD packet writing and WinDVD 4 for video playback.

Specifications:

Type: Internal type
Interface: ATAPI
Supported media for writing: DVD+RW, DVD+R,CD-R, CD-RW, High Speed CD-RW
Writing speed: (DVD+RW) 2.4x, (DVD+R) 2.4x, 4x, (CD-R) 4x,8x,16x, (CD-RW) 4x, 10x
Reading speed: (DVD-ROM/DVD+RW/DVD+R) Max. 12x (CD-ROM/CD-R/CD-RW) Max. 40x
Recording capacity: (DVD+RW/DVD+R) 4.7GB, (CD-R/CD-RW) 650MB,700MB
Data transfer speed (at I / F): Max. 33MB/sec. (Ultra DMA Mode2)
Average access time: (DVD) 140 msec. (8x), (CD) 120 msec. (32x)
Buffer memory: 2MB
Writing mode: (DVD+RW) Random Access Write, Sequential Write, (DVD+R) Sequential Write , (CD-R/CD-RW) Disc At Once, Session At once Track At Once, Multi-Session, Packet Write
Writing format: (DVD+RW/DVD+R) DVD-ROM, DVD-Video, (CD) CD-DA, CD-ROM, CD-ROM XA, CD Extra, CD-I, Mixed-ModeCD, VideoCD, PhotoCD*3, CD TEXT, Bootable CD