Buffalo intros 19x DVD�R burner

While the new Buffalo DVD burner can never compare to the wall-rattling speed of Samsung's Super-WriteMaster (which blazes through your pirated software at 20x when hitting DVD±R discs), the 19x offering from the Japanese peripheral manufacturer ain't too shabby. There's not too much to get excited about beyond the burner's adequately fast speeds, save for the ATAPI and SATA configurations and availability of white or black faceplates -- which are sure to be a sweet match to even the most fashionable of desktops. The drive will be available in mid-November and will run you ¥6300 (about $55) for the SATA model, and ¥6900 (or $61) for the ATAPI configuration. [Warning: read link is in Japanese]

[Via Akihabara News]

[aoeu00 @ Oct 31st 2007 10:15AM]

Buffalo, ending in a 9 doesn't work with speeds... only in retail pricing.

[Spyvie @ Oct 31st 2007 10:49AM]

Ditto, the pictured bezel is identical

[michas_pi @ Oct 31st 2007 10:18AM]

That looks exactly like a Lite-ON drive.

[behemothzero @ Oct 31st 2007 10:48AM]

XD yeah, I have a Lite-On 160P6S and the first thing I thought when I saw the picture was "It's my drive!".

[feanor512 @ Oct 31st 2007 10:37AM]

What's the point? I've tried 16x Taiyo Yuden and Verbatim DVR+R and DVD-R and none can burn reliably at 20x. Only the Verbatim DVD+R could even handle 18x.

[Blackster @ Oct 31st 2007 11:04AM]

hmm, let me guess, cuz youre media isn't declared for 20x speed? hard guess i know!

[ScOObyDoo @ Oct 31st 2007 10:37AM]

I guess they have to expand faster in other markets now they are banned from selling WiFi kit in the US :(

[Dean @ Oct 31st 2007 11:07AM]

ive gotten the verbatim dvd+r to burn at 20x in my lg drive pretty reliably. my question is why is this big news? i have had an lg dvd burner since the beginning of the summer that burns 20x and it only cost me like 30 bucks (i got 2 of them they were so cheap).

[Ryan P @ Oct 31st 2007 12:49PM]

I'm outraged. I moved all my pirate software to a terabyte hard drive a while ago. (Though I'm not exactly sure who's hard drive it is, thanks.)

[why not the LS2/LS7? @ Oct 31st 2007 2:14PM]

As others above mention, I can tell you for sure from the pattern on the top plate of the drive that this is a Lite-On drive. It's likely a LH-20A3S.

This is normal for Buffalo, they make alternate firmwares for existing drives.

[Jonny @ Oct 31st 2007 2:25PM]

Many companies just rebrand Lite-On, NEC, and Pioneer drives with their logos, so why not Buffalo too?