Japanese I-O Data announced four new DVD recorders that support 12x recording for DVD-RAM. The drives are based on the HLDS technology and specifically on the GSA-H10N DVD burner, recently showcased at CES, Las Vegas.

I-O Data will release the two internal (ATAPI) and two external versions and the drive, in both black and white color variations.

The DVR-ABH16G (ATAPI, white bezel) as well as the DVR-ABH16GBK (ATAPI, black bezel) will be available in the Japanese market late January and early February respectively, for JYen 10,920 (US $93). The external model DVR-UH16G (USB 2.0/1.1) will be priced at JYen 15,330 (US $135), and the DVR-UEH16G (USB 2.0/1.1 & IEEE 1394) will cost JYen 16,485 (US $145).



In addition to the 12x DVD-RAM write speed, the units features write speeds of 16x for both DVD+R and DVD-R, write speeds of DVD+RW to 8x, DVD-RW to 6x, DVD+R DL at 10x and DVD-R DL at 8x.

Specifications:

Buffer	2 MB
Seek Times	DVD-ROM: 145ms DVD-RAM: 200ms CD-ROM: 125ms
Buffer Underun Protection	Yes, for both CD/DVD
			Read	Write
DVD	DVD+R	SL	16x	16x
		DL	12x	10x
	DVD+RW		13x	8x
	DVD-R	SL	16x	16x
		DL	12x	6x
	DVD-RAM	Single side (4.7 GB)	12x	12x
		Double side (9.4 GB)
	DVD-ROM	SL	16x
		DL	12x
CD	CD-R		48x	48x
	CD-RW		40x	32x
	CD-ROM		48x
Cartridged DVD-RAM not supported