I'm starting to see a trend. For years, DVD-RAM was the forgotten cousin of recordable DVD's. Only LG's DVDRW drives could record to DVD-RAM. Furthermore, the discs were more expensive, and had slower write speeds compared to DVD+RW discs, not to mention write once media.
BenQ Japan today announced the specifications of BenQ's first SuperMulti DVD writer, the DQ60. Besides writing DVD-RAM at 5x speed the DQ60 also supports 16x/8x/8x DVD+R/RW/DL, 16x/6x/8x DVD-R/RW/DL and 40x/24x CD-R/RW.
This announcement by Benq follows LiteOn's announcement to introduce a similar "super drive" next month. There have been some stalwart fans of DVD-RAM throughout the years, touting its ability to error check its write to ensure reliability of data. DVD-RAM may be finally coming into its own; stay tuned.
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