Advanced Media, Inc. announced today that their parent
company, RITEK, is the only Taiwanese optical disc manufacturer to offer certified HD DVD-R and HD DVD-RW media. This media is currently
being sold in North America under the RIDATA brand.
Advanced Media, Inc. is the manufacturer and marketer of the popular
RIDATA brand of recordable DVD media, electronic storage products, and digital media accessories. Today, the company announced that
parent company RITEK is the only Taiwan-based optical disc manufacturer to offer certified HD-DVD-R (recordable, write once) and HD
DVD-RW (rewritable) media. Advanced Media will provide marketing, sales and distribution of the discs to the United States.
"What
the certification means to consumers is that they can be assured that certified RIDATA HDDVD's are a compatible, high quality HDDVD to
purchase. Taiwan is a large supplier of DVD media to the U.S. Through our parent company RITEK and its enormous production capacity,
Advanced Media can quickly respond to market demands in the shortest time possible. We will continue to leverage our competitive
manufacturing advantages to provide U.S. consumers both Blu Ray and HDDVD discs at affordable prices," stated Harvey Liu, president of
Advanced Media Inc.
Volume production of HD DVD-R and HD DVD-RW media will begin in the second half of this year. If you'd
like to read more, the entire press release can be found here.
