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Sony ha annunciato la produzione di un dispositivo esterno combo (masterizzatore CD e lettore DVD insieme), dotato di interfaccia USB 2.0 o PCMCIA: I due modelli, rispettivamente il CRX85U/A2 e CRX85A/A1, permettono di scrivere CD/R alla ragguardevole velocità di 20X in modalità Z-CLV, velocità che scende a 8X qualora il dispositivo dotato di interfaccia USB 2.0 sia collegato alla comune USB 1.1, per limiti fisici della porta. <BR><BR>
Entrambi i dispositivi sono dotati di sitema Power-Burn, che permette di evitare gli errori di scrittura causati dal buffer underrun error. Segue una tabella descrittiva direttamente presa dal sito Sony alla <a href=http://news.sel.sony.com/pressrelease/1499>pagina</a> che fornisce la notizia:<BR><BR>


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<p style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: white; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 4.16mm; TEXT-ALIGN: center; TEXT-INDENT: 0mm"><font face="Arial" size="2">Sony
Portable CD-RW and DVD-ROM Combo Drive with PC Card Interface<br>
CRX85A/A1</font></p>
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<p style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: white; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 4.16mm; TEXT-ALIGN: center; TEXT-INDENT: 0mm"><font face="Arial" size="2">Sony
Portable CD-RW and DVD-ROM<br>
Combo Drive with USB 2.0 Interface<br>
CRX85U/A2</font></p>
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<p style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: white; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 4.16mm; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 0mm"><font face="Arial" size="2">PC
Card Interface</font></p>
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<p style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: white; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 4.16mm; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 0mm"><font face="Arial" size="2">USB
2.0 External Interface</font></p>
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<p style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: white; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 4.16mm; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 0mm"><font face="Arial" size="2">USB
1.1 compatible with sustained read speed of up to 8X and write speed up
to 6X</font></p>
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<p style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: white; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 4.16mm; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 0mm"><font face="Arial" size="2">20X
Z-CLV recording (CD-R),<br>
8X recording (CD-RW),</font></p>
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<p style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: white; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 4.16mm; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 0mm"><font face="Arial" size="2">24X
(max.) reading (CD-ROM),</font></p>
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<p style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: white; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 4.16mm; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 0mm"><font face="Arial" size="2">8X
(max) reading (DVD-ROM)</font></p>
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<p style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: white; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 4.16mm; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 0mm"><font face="Arial" size="2">20X
Z-CLV recording (CD-R),<br>
8X recording (CD-RW),</font></p>
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<p style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: white; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 4.16mm; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 0mm"><font face="Arial" size="2">24X
(max.) reading (CD-ROM),</font></p>
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<p style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: white; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 4.16mm; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 0mm"><font face="Arial" size="2">8X
(max) reading (DVD-ROM)</font></p>
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<p style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: white; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 4.16mm; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 0mm"><font face="Arial" size="2">Drive
dimensions: 5.1 x 0.7 x 5.3 inches<br>
(W x H x L)</font></p>
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<p style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: white; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 4.16mm; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 0mm"><font face="Arial" size="2">Drive
dimensions: 5.1 x 0.7 x 5.3 inches<br>
(W x H x L)</font></p>
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<p style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: white; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 4.16mm; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 0mm"><font face="Arial" size="2">Platform
support: Windows98SE/2000/Me and soon Windows XP operating system</font></p>
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<p style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: white; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 4.16mm; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 0mm"><font face="Arial" size="2">Platform
support: Windows 98SE/2000/Me<br>
and Windows XP operating system</font></p>
<p style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: white; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 4.16mm; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 0mm"><font face="Arial" size="2">OR
Mac OS 9.0.4, 9.1, 9.2.1</font></p>
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<p style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: white; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 4.16mm; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 0mm"><font face="Arial" size="2">Sustained
Data Transfer Rates:<br>
3.6MB/s max read, 3MB/s max write</font></p>
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<p style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: white; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 4.16mm; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 0mm"><font face="Arial" size="2">Sustained
Data Transfer Rates:<br>
3.6MB/s max read, 3MB/s max write</font></p>
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<p style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: white; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 4.16mm; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 0mm"><font face="Arial" size="2">Burst
data transfer rate: 16.7MB/s max</font></p>
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<p style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: white; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 4.16mm; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 0mm"><font face="Arial" size="2">Burst
data transfer rate: 480Mbit/s max</font></p>
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<p style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: white; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 4.16mm; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 0mm"><font face="Arial" size="2">Random
access time: 160 ms (ave.)</font></p>
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<p style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: white; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 4.16mm; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 0mm"><font face="Arial" size="2">Random
access time: 160 ms (ave.)</font></p>
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<p style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: white; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 4.16mm; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 0mm"><font face="Arial" size="2">Buffer
memory: 8MB</font></p>
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<p style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: white; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 4.16mm; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 0mm"><font face="Arial" size="2">Buffer
memory: 8MB</font></p>
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<p style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: white; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 4.16mm; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 0mm"><font face="Arial" size="2">Recording
method: disc at once, track at once, session at once, fixed and variable
packet writing</font></p>
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<p style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: white; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 4.16mm; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 0mm"><font face="Arial" size="2">Recording
method: disc at once, track at once, session at once, fixed and variable
packet writing</font></p>
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<p style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: white; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 4.16mm; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 0mm"><font face="Arial" size="2">Compatible
disc format: CD-DA, Video CD, Photo CD (multisession), CD TEXT, CD
Extra, CD-ROM, CD-ROM XA, CD-I, Enhanced CD, UDF and Karaoke CD</font></p>
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<p style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: white; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 4.16mm; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 0mm"><font face="Arial" size="2">Compatible
disc format: CD-DA, Video CD, Photo CD (multisession), CD TEXT, CD
Extra, CD-ROM, CD-ROM XA, CD-I, Enhanced CD, UDF and Karaoke CD</font></p>
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<p style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: white; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 4.16mm; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 0mm"><font face="Arial" size="2">Availability
- November 2001</font></p>
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<p style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: white; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 4.16mm; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 0mm"><font face="Arial" size="2">Availability
- December 2001</font></p>
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<p style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: white; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 4.16mm; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 0mm"><font face="Arial" size="2">ESP
- $329</font></p>
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<p style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: white; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 4.16mm; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 0mm"><font face="Arial" size="2">ESP
- $329</font></p>
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