Pioneer: The DVR-A12 Already Available!

While we were mentioning its future release 2 days ago (Appleinsider) expected for Q1 2007, the first 18x DVD burner from Pioneer is already available in Japan.
The DVR-A12, the high-end model of the future series, only available as the box version including a software bundle, is priced less than 90$.
It can burn DVD+/-R at 18x, double layer DVD media at 10x, CDs at 40x and CD-RW at32x.
OEM version of this burner should be available next year.