Japan's own Logitec Corp. has announced the addition of a fresh optical drive to its line-up, the LDR-PME8U2L Series external DVD drive. Coming in black or red, the new netbook-loving drive measures 136.5 × 143 × 19.2mm, weights 300 grams, has a USB 2.0/1.1 interface and is bundled with ArcSoft's TotalMedia Backup & Record.
The LDR-PME8U2L drive is backed by a one-year warranty, provides top writing speeds of 8x for DVD-R/+R and DVD+RW, 6x for DVD-RW and DVD-R/+R DL, 5x for DVD-RAM, and 24x for CD-R, CD-RW. As for the price tag, the burner goes for $92.
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