Waitec soon release 16x writing CDR-W drive which is based upon Sanyo CRD-BP4. The drive ,as we were told, will ship in Italy next week(!) and will have estimated price of $405. Of course we cannot be sure 100% about this but if it's true then we will have a very interesting winter..

Features:
Interface: SCSI 3 (Ultra SCSI)
Random Access Time: 180 msec
Writing Speed: CD-R 16x / CD-RW 10x
Reading Speed: 40x max
Buffer: 2MB
0S compatibility: Win 95/98/Win NT/2000/MAC
MTBF: 30,000 POH
Loader: Tray
Certified as multiread
Upgradable firmware (flash memory) NULL