Teac Japan announced the new DV-W58DK IDE DVD recorder. The drive offers 8x writing for both DVD+R and DVD-R formats. Availability in the Japanese market is expected by end of January.

The drive is based on the upcoming Pioneer DVR-107D. The main specifications include a 2MB buffer and Buffer Underun Protection, 4x DVD+RW/-RW writing, 12x DVD-ROM and 2x DVD-RAM reading. The retail package will include "Ulead DVD MovieWriter Advance SE" for DVD authoring, "Ulead VideoStudio 7 SE", "Ulead DVD Player", "Ulead Burn.Now", and "Ulead PhotoImpact 8 SE" for image compilations.

Specifications:

- Supported discs for read:
DVD-ROM, DVD-Video, DVD+R, DVD+RW and DVD-R (for General and for Authoring), DVD-RW and DVD-RAM [ 9.4GB/4.7GB (both sides/one side) ], CD-ROM [ Mode 1 and XA Mode 2 (Form1 and Form2) ], CD-DA (music CD), CD-TEXT and CD-Extra (CD Plus), Video CD, Mix Mode CD and Photo CDTM (multiple session), CD-R and CD-RW

- Read:
DVD-ROM: 12x (CAV)
DVD-Video: 2x (CLV)
DVD-RAM: 2x (CLV)
CD-ROM: 40x (CAV)

- Write:
DVD-R: 8x (Zone CLV), 6x (CLV), 4x (CLV), 2x (CLV), 1x (CLV)
DVD-RW: 4x (CLV), 2x (CLV), 1x (CLV)
DVD+R: 8x (Zone CLV), 6x (CLV), 4x (CLV), 2.4x (CLV)
DVD+RW: 4x (CLV), 2.4x (CLV)
CD-R: 24x (Zone CLV), 16x (CLV), 8x (CLV), 4x (CLV)
CD-RW: 24x (Zone CLV), 16x (CLV), 10x (CLV), 4x (CLV)

- Recording type:
DVD-R : Disc at Once and Incremental Recording, Multi-border Recording
DVD-RW : Disc at Once and Incremental Recording, Multi-border Recording and Restricted Overwriting
DVD+R : Disc at Once, Incremental Recording and Multi Session
DVD+RW : Sequential Recording and Random Access Recording
CD-R/CD-RW : Disc at Once, Track at Once and Session at Once, Multi Session and Packet Writing

- Data buffer 2 MB

Access time (average):
140ms (DVD-ROM)
150ms (DVD-RAM)
130ms (CD-ROM)

Interface: ATA/ATAPI (IDE)