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Iomega Unleashes Super DVD 16x Recorders

Supporting the new 8.5 GB double-layer (DL) recording standard, the new Iomega Super DVD 16x recorders give consumers a tool for managing videos, data, music and photos.

The new Iomega Super DVD QuikTouch Video Burner 16x Dual-Format USB 2.0 Drive [review] combines a DVD recorder with a video capture card. The drive can accept data from either a PC or a video source, burning single- or double-layer video DVDs, VCDs (Video CDs), and conventional data DVDs and CDs. To capture video, users plug a video source directly into the 16x QuikTouch Video Burner. Then they press the QuikTouch button on top of the drive and start their video. The QuikTouch Video Burner automatically recognizes the disc format and manages the recording process.

Users who already have a video capture card installed, may want to take a closer look at the new Iomega Super DVD Writer 16x Dual-Format USB 2.0 Drive.

Iomega's new 16x drives are the second generation of Iomega DVD recorders to provide double-layer 8.5 gigabyte capability, and users are excited about the storage potential of these new double-layer discs. Iomega's DVD Wizard software also demystifies the recording process, so users can burn discs effortlessly the first time and every time.

Included with the new drives is a software collection that helps users perform advanced automatic backup, video editing, and photo and music management. Using DVD+R DL discs, with a native capacity of 8.5 GB, customers can now store more than 12 CDs of data on a single disc, almost twice the capacity of a standard single-layer DVD. Each 8.5 GB DVD+R DL disc is roughly equivalent to 34,000 JPEGs, up to 12 hours of MPEG-1 video, or 147 hours of MP3 music.

Supported formats include DVD+R and DVD+RW (16x4x8x write, rewrite, and read), DVD-R and DVD-RW (8x4x8x), and CD-R and CD-RW discs (40x24x40x).

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