At the heart of the Spressa 920 is an internal CD-R drive with a maximum sustained data transfer rate of 300 KBps, a 1-MB data buffer, and the ability to record a 650-MB disc in about 30 minutes. If a buffer underrun occurs, the drive's disk-recovery algorithm seals off the section of the disc where the error occurred, allowing the Spressa 920 ($1999.95) to use the rest of the disc. The drive can record in many CD formats, including CD-ROM, CD-ROM XA, CD-Audio, Audio-Combined CD-ROM, CD-I, Photo CD, and Video CD, and offers three recording methods: disc at once, incremental, and multisession.
Contact: Sony Component and Computer Products Group, San Jose, CA, (800) 352-7669 or (408) 432-1600.
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