CDRLabs reivew Hammer Storage's Dual Layer 16x DVD?RW
If you haven't heard of Hammer Storage, you're not alone. While once a leading provider of digital storage subsystems, they quietly fell off the radar screen a few years ago. Hammer is making a comeback though. This time around, instead of high-end storage solutions, they have their sights set on the consumer market. Along with their series of Desk Hammer and Pocket Hammer hard drives, they currently offer a growing number of DVD writers.
This spring, Hammer introduced their first internal DVD writer. Featuring support for both the DVD Multi and DVD+ReWritable specifications, it has the ability to write to most major DVD formats, including DVD-RAM. Based on the Panasonic SW-9595, the drive is capable of 16x DVD?R, 8x DVD+RW, 6x DVD-RW, 4x DVD+R DL writing speeds and a maximum DVD read speed of 16x. On top of that, it can read and write to DVD-RAM media at 5x, the fastest speed currently available. Hammer's new drive also includes features like 40x CD reading and writing speeds, 24x rewriting speeds, SmoothLink buffer underrun protection and an impressive software bundle from Ulead...
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