NEC AD-5170A DVD Writer

NEC Updated: 2008-04-14 RSS
NEC AD-5170A DVD Writer

Heightened dynamics in writing and reading your DVDs/CDs.

Who doesn’t like to save time? Such as in reading and writing DVDs and CDs. Our AD-5170A puts you in the driving seat by ensuring that working with your storage media runs smooth at all times.

This high-performance DVD/CD Writer is able to read your DVDs at speeds of 16x. With CDs, its speed is 48x. And it also brings fascinating dynamics into play in writing your recordable media.

It deals masterfully with the DVD-R and +R formats at speeds of 18x. DVD-R DL, +R9 and +RW are written at speeds of 8x and DVD-RW at 6x. You may ask what its numbers in burning CDs are. Even here, with speeds of 48x (CD-R) and 32x (CD-RW), it is the best in its class.

Product Specification

Transfer Rate read: DVD: 16x max. CD: 48x max.
Transfer Rate write: DVD-R: 18x max. DVD +R: 18x max. DVD-RW: 6x max. DVD +RW: 8x max. DVD-R DL: 8x max. DVD +R9: 8x max. CD-R: 48x max. CD-RW: 32x max.
Access time: DVD: 160 ms CD: 140 ms
Mechanism: Motorized tray load mechanism for horizontal and vertical use
Interface: E-IDE / ATAPI
Burst transfer rate: PIO mode 4 / Ultra DMA 66
Cache: 2 MByte
Media supported: DVD-ROM, DVD-R (DL), DVD-RW, DVD +R, DVD +RW, DVD +R9, CD-ROM, CD-R and CD-RW with 80mm and 120mm diameter
Modes supported: DVD-ROM, DVD-Video, CD-ROM, CD-ROM XA, CD-I Ready, CD-Bridge, PhotoCD, VideoCD, CD-DA, CD Extra, CD Text
Writing methods: DAO, SAO, TAO with zero gap, variable or fixed packet, multisession
Compatibility: MPC Level 3, MultiRead, PC2001
Weight: 0.705 kg
Dimensions: 148 mm x 42 mm x 175 mm
Special features: Dust protected enclosure, buffer under run error prevention, available colours: beige, black, silver