Pioneer heeft op hun Europese site de release van de DVD-U05S 10X SCSI DVD-ROM aangekondigd. De U05S is volgens Pioneer de snelste SCSI DVD drive van dit moment, hoewel nog steeds een stuk trager dan de IDE drives die inmiddels tot 16X gaan. De Pioneer drive kan geleverd worden in versies met een tray of slot-in loader en tevens komt er een OEM versie op de markt. Deze heeft de typenaam DVD-305S meegekregen:
Pioneer Europe, the leading manufacturer of DVD announced today the availability of a new 10X SCSI DVD-ROM drive. The new DVD-U05S has improved performance and quality compared to its predecessors. It is the world’s fastest SCSI drive proving Pioneer position as leader in DVD technology.With a transfer rate of 13.5MB/s (max.); a faster average access time for DVD-ROM of 95ms (80ms for CD-ROM); also seek time has been reduced from 90msec to 85sec (70msec for CD-ROM). Compatibility with CD-DA/ROM/R/RW/Extra/Video CD and DVD-ROM/R/RW/VIDEO the drive is truly more versatile with multiple possible applications.
Product Manager for Pioneer Europe’s Multimedia Division (Optical), Chris Tampsett commented: “Pioneer is one of the leading companies in the DVD market. We are the only one company for any type of DVD model. Tray loading, slot-in loading model, and also ATAPI I/F and SCSI I/F model. For SCSI model, is the one for the professional user.”
The new 10X SCSI drive is also available in bulk version (DVD-305S) and both models are available now from Pioneer subsidiaries across Europe.
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