Kenwood Drives

[Harisahmed]

Does anyone have any connections with Kenwood? I have one of their TrueX 52x drives but I was wondering if anyone knew about any new products that are in the works. Like maybe a TrueX CD burner, DVD, or CD burner/DVD combo drive.

 

[Arrow]

I've heard things about Afreey Drive coming up with a 100x drive using multiple lasers - however, that was quite a while ago and I still haven't seen any showing of them.

Rob
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[Harisahmed]

I just did a quick search on google and I found a couple of old articles, most date back to Cebit 2001. Afreey is supposed to have created a 25x DVD/100x CD that would burn DVDs and CDs. I'd be opening up my wallet right now except even Afreey's web site makes no mention of this product being available anywhere. I was really hoping that Kenwood would use the multibeam technology to create CD/DVD burners or allow other manufacturers to use it, but it looks like plans aren't going so well. Hope they don't give up on this idea.

 

[ejsmith2]

Yeah, the whole Truex thing got swep away. The vast majority of MBA's think a drive-is-a-drive. So, Kenwood is sticking to audio. And I think at this point, Afrey would be a dollar/year short.

We're stuck with single beams for a while, until someone's marketing section comes up with something brilliant. Like, using non-washable spray paint on all the SanFran sidewalks...