Ricoh Japan announced the new MP5240A DVD+R/RW recorder. The drive was demonstrated in CeBIT this year and will be available by the last third of June. Ricoh MP5240A supports 4x DVD+R and DVD+RW writing, 24x CD-R writing, 10x CD-RW rewriting and 40x CD reading.

Specifications:

Interface : ATAPI
Buffer : 2MB
Transfer rate : 33.3MB / sec. （Ultra DMA Mode2）
Write speed : DVD+RW/DVD+R：2.4,4x
CD-R：4x, 8x, 12x 24x
CD-RW： 4x, 10x
Read speed : DVD+R/DVD+RW/DVD-ROM：Max. 8x
CD-R/CD-RW/CD-ROM：Max.40x Access time : DVD: 140 msec. / CD: 120 msec.
Writing mode : DVD+RW : Random Access Write, Sequential Write
DVD+R : Sequential Write
CD-R/RW : Disc At Once, Session At once*2, Track At Once, Multi-Session, Packet Write
Support format : DVD+RW/+R : DVD-ROM, DVD-Video,
CD-R/RW：CD-DA, CD-ROM, CD-ROM XA,CD Extra, CD-I, Mixed-ModeCD, VideoCD, PhotoCD, CD TEXT, Bootable CD
Bundled software : WinDVD4, WinDVD Creator Plu, WinRite Explorer,WinRip, Nero