NEC's newest DVD burners

NEC showcases it's new DVD burners with LabelFlash technology. LabelFlash burns custom motifs, lettering or images onto the top side of DVD blanks. It puts very few restrictions on creativity and design. The new drives support not only DVD+R(W), DVD-R(W) but also DVD-RAM.

LabelFlash - faster labelling of self-burned DVDs

Innovative LabelFlash technology simplifies the labelling of self-burned DVDs - e.g. for archiving - and also enables creative DVD design. It eliminates the need for complex adhesive labelling systems and considerably enhances the durability of the media because, especially in the case of DVD blanks, the label can make the medium unreadable.

LabelFlash delivers high image quality because it enables 256 brightness shades. The labelling process takes less than ten minutes. One special feature is that both the top side and the data side of the blank can be labelled - provided that there is enough available memory. LabelFlashTM can be used for any blanks with a writable LabelFlash top surface. On these media, the labelled top surface is covered by an 0.6 millimetre-thick, robust protect layer which ensures that even labels that are exposed to light are extremely durable.

Multidrives with DVD-RAM - all formats in one

The new NEC drives support DVD+R(W), DVD-R(W) and also DVD-RAM. NEC's ND-4571A burner is a genuine multitalent: DVD minus and DVD plus media are written at up to 16x DVD speed, while rewritable (DVD+RW) and double-layer DVDs (DVD +R9) are written at up to 8x DVD speed. DVD-RW are processed at 6x speed. 5x speed applies for DVD RAMs. As a read drive, the burner delivers 16x DVD, 5x DVD RAM and 48x CD speed. NEC will also be marketing a lower cost model without LabelFlashTM, the ND-4570A, which has the same write and read speeds as the

ND-4571A.

The two new DVD burners ND-3571A (with LabelFlashTM) and ND-3570A (without LabelFlashTM) are also available as versions which do not support DVD-RAM.

Notebook-drives

NEC is also launching two Slim SuperMulti DVD burners, optionally with or without LabelFlashTM, under the names of ND-7551A and ND-7550A. The two slimline burners deliver 8x DVD+/-R, 6x DVD-RW and 8x DVD+RW speed, DVD-DL media are written at up to 4x and DVD-RAMs at up to 5x speed.