Re: Industry's First Combination DVD-RAM/R Drive

"Using 4.7GB DVD-R General media, the Panasonic DVD-RAM/R drive provides a transfer rate of up to 11.08 Mbps, which is equivalent to about 9 times the transfer rate of CD-ROM's 1X speed. The 22.16 Mbps transfer rate for 4.7GB DVD-RAM translates to an 18x CD data rate."

Hmm, at 18 x 150 KB/sec that's around 2.7 MB/sec, so it will take 30+ minutes to write a 4.7 GB disc. I guess that's no too bad if you consider early CDR drives writing at 2x needed similar times to fill a CD.