Introduction
Tonite we have a very interesting review in front of us since we have a DVD-RW drive on the test bench. We will see how it performs with some software and get some dvd burning times etc. Stay tuned as tonite this review gets hot!
About NU:
Nu Technology Inc. is founded in May of 2003 by Quanta Computer (one of the best Notebook IT groups worldwide) and Quanta Storage Inc. Located in the center of the Silicon Valley; we are an optical storage drive manufacturer. Our company is proud to produce a full range of both internal and external, Half-Height and Slim optical storage products. Some of our internal and external optical products include IDE CD/DVD ROM, CD re-writer, CDRW plus DVD combo drive, and DVD writers.
Specifications:
Dimension 144.2 mm x 41.3 mm x 190.0 mm(cm)
(1) Half-height, Tray-load Type DVD+R/RW Drive
(2) Support 12 cm / 8 cm Disc
(3) Maximum 12X (16.22 Mbytes/sec, DVD) / 40X (6,000 Kbytes/sec, CD) Data Transfer Rate
(4) 8X DVD+R Disc Writing Speed / 4X DVD+RW Disc Writing Speed / 16X DVD Disc Reading Speed / 40X CD-R Disc Writing Speed / 10X CD-RW Disc Writing Speed / 40X CD-ROM Reading speed
(5) Support Disc-At-Once (DAO) / Session-At-Once (SAO) / Track-At-Once (TAO) / Fixed & Variable Packet Writing for CD
(6) Support Disc at Once, Multi-session (DVD+R), Packet Write, Sequential Write, Random Access Write (DVD+RW) & DVD-Video for DVD
(7) 120 ms Random Access Time
(8) IDE/ATAPI interface (compliant to ATA/ATAPI-5)
(9) DVD-ROM (DVD-5, DVD-9, DVD-10, DVD-18), DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW, CD-DA, CD-ROM/XA, CD-i, Karaoke CD, Video CD, Multi-session Photo CD, Enhanced CD, i-trax CD, CD extra, CD Plus, CD-Text, CD-R and CD-RW Discs Compliant
(10) Support Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows 2000 and Windows XP Operating Systems
(11) MPC level 3 compliant
(12) MMC2 / Mt. Fuji Command compliant
(13) Mt. Rainier supported
(14) PC 2001 Logo
(15) CSS (Content Scramble System) supported
(16) RPC II (Regional Playback Control Phase II) supported
(17) Motorized Tray Type Automatic Load
(18) Electrical Button / Software / Emergency Ejection
(19) MTBF 60,000 POH
(20) Support Ultra DMA mode2, Multi-word DMA mode 2, and PIO mode 4
(21) Flash ROM supports On Line Programming Capability
The product:
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This is a plus burner which supports both R and RW burning. The packed is very nice and on the back they tell you some information about the player and some of the sonic player which is also the burning program that is included with this dvd burner.
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They have included a nice kit with both a DVDR and a DVDRW cd so you can get started right away. There is also a cd with the software called sonic which both plays and burns your dvd�s. There is also a manual which explains the basics of the Sonic program and there is a small installation guide for the DVD burner.
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Not much to say about the burner itself as it looks like most dvd drives 
On top there is a sticker with a bunch of specifications and general stuff.
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The back of the drive has the standard CD/DVD IDE back plate, with Molex power connector, 40-pin IDE connector, audio and digital audio plugs, and drive status selection jumper The front has a activity led, headphone jack, volume control, play button and the eject button.
