Sony updates rewritable DVD drive line

Sony Electronics announced Monday two new rewritable DVD drives that can read and write to DVD+R media at 8X speeds. The drives support the DVD+RW, DVD-R and DVD-RW formats--the DVD+RW format includes support for DVD+R media. The $270 DRU-530A and the $350 DRX-530UL can fill an entire DVD+R disc in about 10 minutes, according to the company, and support DVD+RW and DVD-R recording at 4X speed as well as DVD-RW at 2X. The internal drive, the DRU-530A, will be available in December, and the external drive, the DRX-530UL, will be available in January.