LiteOn offers in Japan the ESAU108 USB external DVD writer. The slim LiteOn ESAU108 can burn DVD+/-R at 8X and DVD+/-R Dual Layer at 6X. It features the Smart-Burn and the Smart-X technologies. It is priced at …

Pioneer introduces in Japan its DVR-X162J external DVD burner that is dustproof. The dustproof DVR-X162J is able to burne DVD+/-R at 20X, DVD+/-R Dual Layer at 12X, DVD+RW at 8X and DVD-RW at 6X. DVD-RAM, CD-R and …

Buffalo launches the new DVSM-P58U2/B external portable DVD SuperMulti writer, which is a perfect companion of notebook or netbook PCs. The Buffalo DVSM-P58U2/B utilize the USB 2.0 interface and supports writing on DVD-RAM, DVD-R/RW/R-DL, DVD+R/RW/R-DL as …

Buffalo launches in Japan the DSM-SL20U2 external DVD SuperMulti writer. Other than burning, the burner can also upscale 480p DVD content to 1080p HD. It can write DVD+/-R at 20x, DVD+/-RW at 8x and DVD-RAM at 12x.

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Kohjinsha, the Japanese UMPC maker, presents the new SR8KPO6S UMPC, that has a DVD writer. Kohijinsha SR8KPO6S is powered by an Intel 800MHz processor, a 60GB hard drive. It comes with also a 7-inch LCD touchscreen, WiFi 802.11g and Bluetooth.
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Samsung announced the new TruDirect SE-S204S DVD burner which features “easy and fast real-time recording from nearly any digital device”. Samsung TruDirect SE-S204S offers fastest writing speed on the market, “20X DVD+R and DVD-R writing, 16X DVD+R Dual Layer writing, 12X DVD-R …

Pioneer has unveiled its DVR-A12J 10X Dual Layer DVD writer. The Pioneer  DVR-A12J  can write Dual Layer DVD+/-R media at up to 10x write speed and single-layer DVD media at 18x, even DVD-RAM at 12x. It comes with the Labelflash technology which is similar to LightScribe. …

The Plextor’s PX-608CU is said to be the “world’s smallest” external DVD writer. It supports all the DVD/CD formats including dual-layer discs and writes at the speed of 4x-8x and 24x for CD-R/RW. It has 2MB of buffer memoryand uses USB 2.0 interface.

The device weighs …