Sony will launch the new DRU-530A ATAPI dual DVD writer on November 29th, in the Japanese market. The drive supports 8x writing speed for DVD+R, 4x for DVD-R/+RW and 2x for DVD-RW. Availability in the European market is expected one month later.

Specifications:

Writing: 8x DVD+R, 4x DVD-R/+RW, 2x DVD-RW, 40x CD-R, 24x CD-RW
Reading: 12x DVD-ROM, 8x DVD+R/+RW/-R/-RW, 8x DVD-Video, 40x CD-ROM
Buffer: 2MB
Interface: ATAPI