AOpen: The First DVD+RW Writer

If you need storage capacity above the CD's 700 MB, you can use DVD-RAM or DVD-R. Yet, both systems have disadvantages; particularly the high prices for both media and devices prevent a quick success in the market.

AOpen hopes to change everything with the release of the first DVD+RW Writer in September. The device will be able to read and write CDs, CD-RWs, DVDs and DVD+RWs .

So far, Pioneer is the only company that released an 'affordable' DVD-R (< $ 1000) device. The new AOpen drive does not support the DVD-R standard, but they claim that the DVD+RWs can still be read in any DVD drive or DVD player.

We will keep an eye on it and provide an article, as soon as the writer will be available.