Did anyone else see this?

[ShirleyK]

Pioneer Unveils Multiformat DVD/CD Unit

New DVR-A06 burner adds support for DVD+RW.

Melissa J. Perenson, PCWorld.com
Monday, May 19, 2003

Pioneer is leading a radical shift in the optical storage market,
broadening its support for DVD rewritable standards, with consumers
coming out the winner.

The company's sixth-generation rewritable DVD drive, the DVR-AO6 makes
its debut this week with support for both the "dash" and "plus" DVD
formats. That is, it will handle the DVD Forum standard format DVD-R and
DVD-RW discs, as well as +R and +RW discs.

Scheduled to ship in June priced at $329, the DVR-A06 marks a change in
direction for Pioneer, one of the top makers of DVD burners. Until now,
the vendor has been a staunch advocate of the DVD-R and DVD-RW formats.
With this release, Pioneer aims to widen its appeal to prospective DVD
users who are otherwise mystified by the cacophony of competing--and
incompatible--DVD formats of recent years.

The rest of the article is at

http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,110775,tk,dn051903X,00.asp


Shirley