Thursday, February 09, 2006

I-O Data's DVR-UW8DP dual DVD burner copies discs without a PC

By Marc Perton

We thought we got away from the old disc-swapping shuffle when we graduated from floppy drives decades ago. But duping CDs and DVDs often involves a painful back-and-forth, or at the very least, dumping tons of files on your hard drive as an interim step.

Fortunately, I-O Data seems to have a good solution: the DVR-UW8DP, a dual DVD burner that works with our without a PC, which will be available in Japan next month for ¥53,000 ($448).

Without a PC, using it is as simple as putting a CD or DVD with data on it into one slot and a blank into another, and pressing one button. When connected to a PC via USB, it's a double drive that can be used to both play and burn discs.

And, just in case you were wondering, no, it can't dupe protected commercial DVDs ... at least not without a little help.

[Via Akihabara News]

This story pulled straight off Engadget.

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