TDK's DVD drive division - what happened to it.
danball1976
Wichita Falls, TX
Whatever happen to TDK's drive division? Did TDK give up on producing DVD+RW drives and DVD multi drives?
I still own a TDK 4x DVD+RW drive that I bought in 2003 and wondering where the support is (in case I want to update the firmware)
--EDIT--
I do see in the news section of the TDK site that they still do have the news up on their old drives, but no links to them.
Oh, something interesting, TDK has a 100GB quad layer Blu-Ray disc prototype, and are working on a 200GB quad layer prototype.
I still own a TDK 4x DVD+RW drive that I bought in 2003 and wondering where the support is (in case I want to update the firmware)
--EDIT--
I do see in the news section of the TDK site that they still do have the news up on their old drives, but no links to them.
Oh, something interesting, TDK has a 100GB quad layer Blu-Ray disc prototype, and are working on a 200GB quad layer prototype.
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Now, just wait, Thrax is going to tell me that he replaces returned Memorex optical drives on a regular basis!
I was just wondering if there was updated firmware. That drive is going into my Mom's computer which has a very old Plextor 16/10/40A CD-RW drive (close to 7 years old, still runs too). I replaced the TDK 420n (which I spent $299 at BestBuy back in Feb 2003) with a LiteOn SHW-160P6S-05 for $49.99 at Wal-Mart. Not a bad drive at that either, I've burned about 5 DVD+R DL discs in it already.
It also seems that Lite-On is a pretty good company. I have a BusLink branded Lite-On LTD-163D 16x DVD-ROM drive that I bought 4 years ago that still runs very well.