Cool Tools: Daily Dose
Create DVDs And CDs On The Same Mobile Drive

September 30, 2002

By Keith Shaw

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Toshiba’s Storage Device Division today announced two new combination drives that can let users record DVDs and CDs with a notebook (or desktop) computer.

The SD-R6012 slim combination drive is aimed at PC manufacturers, giving both DVD and CD read and write capabilities. Toshiba says that only desktop computers have had the luxury of DVD “recordability” for applications like audio/video editing and “personal digital compilations.” The SD-R6012 slim drive supports writing DVD-R/RW at 1x, CD-R/RW at 16x/10x and reads DVD at 8x and CDs at 24x speeds.

The second drive, the $349 SD-R5002, supports read and write functionality for the DVD-R, DVD-RW, CD-R and CD-RW formats. The SD-R5002 is available as an upgrade kit, which lets users with existing desktop computers to add DVD recording features to their systems. Bundled software includes DVD viewing and DVD burning software (Cyberlink’s PowerDVD, PowerDirector Pro and VOB Instant CD/DVD). Go to Toshiba’s Shopping Web site for more details. For more information on the other drive, go to this site .