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Postby Ian on Sat Dec 14, 2002 12:37 am

According to Akiba, the DV-W50E has shown up in Japan.

http://akiba.ascii24.com/akiba/news/200 ... 2-000.html

Looks like a Pioneer to me...

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Postby Kennyshin on Sat Dec 14, 2002 11:15 am

I have to look for this one, too.
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Postby Han on Sat Dec 14, 2002 12:36 pm

Here are the specifications. TEAC main site has been finally updated with new products...
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Postby Kennyshin on Sat Dec 14, 2002 12:42 pm

Read it before. Can't find any difference. Must be another Pioneer DVR-A05 OEM. (Is there any 4x DVD-R writer that is not based on Pioneer drives that cannot write to +R/+RW?)
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Postby Ian on Sat Dec 14, 2002 1:48 pm

Kenny, do you know how much this drive is going for in Asia... in US$?
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Postby Kennyshin on Sat Dec 14, 2002 2:54 pm

I tried to look what store sells them but couldn't locate one yet. Most Pioneer DVR-A05 OEM drives cost a little over 27,000 Yen, or about 210 USD. In South Korea, still 480,000 Won, or about 400 USD. Therefore, of course, I will buy from stores in Tokyo with the help of friends. 4x DVD+R drives (ND-1100A OEM) are cheaper than Pioneer DVR-A05, now around 200 USD. Hm... the big problem in the Plus format is the media cost. Pioneer 4x DVD-R media (5,000 Won) are cheaper than Ritek 2.4x DVD+R media (6,000 Won) in Seoul.
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Postby Kennyshin on Sat Dec 14, 2002 3:26 pm

Ian, I found it here.

http://www.users-side.co.jp/shopping/li ... _other.php

User's Side is one of the famous and large PC hardware retail chains in Japan.

TEAC DVM50EK for 27,900 Yen. They sell Sony DRU-500A for 49,800 Yen from the same ordering page.
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Postby Kennyshin on Sat Dec 14, 2002 8:00 pm

http://www.x-rates.com/calculator.html

Hm... It says 231.132 USD.

I always wish we had just one world currency.

http://www.x-rates.com/d/USD/table.html

1 USD = 120 Japanese Yen = 1,200 South Korean Won = 1.56 Canadian Dollar = 1.77 Australian Dollar = 0.977 Euro
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Postby Kennyshin on Sat Dec 14, 2002 9:21 pm

http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/akiba/ho ... _i_dd.html

AKIBA PC Hotline! was updated a few hours ago or maybe less than that.

TEAC DV-W50EK for 25,800 Yen.

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There is also Panasonic LF-D521JD and Melcoinc Buffalo DVM-4222IU2 based on Sony DRX-500UL (IEEE 1394 + USB 2.0).

LF-D521JD for 32,580 Yen.

http://www.pcc.panasonic.co.jp/p3/produ ... /lfd521jd/
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