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Amazon announced today that its Video On Demand service will soon be available via the Roku Digital Video Player. Using the $99 Roku Player, consumers will be able to purchase or rent and then instantly watch more than 40,000 titles, including new release movies the same day that they are released on DVD.
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) today announced that it will offer customers the ability to instantly purchase, rent and watch digital movies and TV episodes from its popular video service, Amazon Video On Demand, via the Roku Digital Video Player. Beginning in early 2009, the Roku Player, which currently supports only the Netflix service, will offer access to Amazon Video On Demand’s more than 40,000 commercial-free movies and television shows, enabling Roku customers for the first time to watch new release movie titles instantly.
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- Hard Disks
Iomega announced today that it will be showing off its new Home Media Network Hard Drive at this year's MacWorld tradeshow. This simple to use storage device lets users store their files in a central location and access them from any computer on their network. The Home Media Network Hard Drive also features a built in media server that is capable of streaming photos, music and videos to a variety of media devices.
Iomega, an EMC company (NYSE: EMC) and a global leader in data protection, today announced the debut of the Iomega(R) Home Media Network Hard Drive, a new standard in easy-to-use network storage for the digital home. With EMC's acclaimed LifeLine(TM) software, in three simple steps users can configure up to one terabyte* of network storage for backing up all of their files as well as streaming music, photos, video and other multimedia files between computers, networked televisions, popular game consoles and other under-utilized digital home entertainment devices.
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Roxio sent out a press release this morning, announcing the launch of Toast 10 Titanium. Officially unveiled at Macworld Expo, Toast 10 offers a number of new features including AVCHD Archive, Mac2TiVo and Web Video To Go. The new Pro version also includes the HD/BD plug-in as well as third-party applications for developing advanced photo, video, and audio projects.
Roxio®, a division of Sonic Solutions® (NASDAQ: SNIC), the leader in digital media software, today announced the immediate availability of Toast® 10 Titanium, the latest version of the company's market-leading burning and digital media software for the Mac®. The latest version helps greatly enhance and extend Mac OS X and iLife® applications with a broad range of additional capabilities for creating, sharing, and enjoying personal digital media content.
Toast 10 delivers groundbreaking digital media functionality to Mac users with a range of pioneering features that includes: Mac2TiVo for sending home movies and other video content from a Mac to a TiVo® DVR; an audiobook creator for converting audiobook CDs into files compatible with portable devices; AVCHD™ Archive for quickly backing up original content from high-definition camcorders onto DVD or Blu-ray Disc (BD), and a Web video file capture and conversion tool that allows Web-based video to be enjoyed on DVD or mobile devices. Toast 10 Titanium is available today at www.roxio.com and at Macworld Expo booth #2238.
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G-Technology has announced a new family of external drives based on 2.5” solid state drive (SSD) technology. Developed for the extreme A/V pro, content creator and Mac enthusiast markets, the G-DRIVE mini and G-RAID mini offer greater reliability, durability and performance than traditional hard drive-based solutions.
G-Technology, a Fabrik company and manufacturer of premium storage solutions for the Apple® Mac® community, today announced a new family of external drives based on 2.5” solid state drive (SSD) technology – the G-DRIVE mini SSD (120GB and 250GB) and the RAID 0/1 G-RAID mini SSD (250GB and 500GB). Known for delivering performance, style and reliability, G-Technology has married its premium design with state-of-the-art solid state drives, making the new G-DRIVE mini SSD and G-RAID mini SSD the most rugged and durable external drives in the market. As high-performance, plug-and-play storage devices, they are ideal for extreme users who capture, offload and edit digital content in challenging remote environments. Because the drives have no moving parts, each drive can withstand extreme shock up to 1500Gs and can endure higher altitudes, vibration and temperatures when compared to traditional hard drive-based solutions. Leveraging inherent benefits of SSDs, the new G-DRIVE mini SSD and G-RAID mini SSD also provide higher data transfer rates, lower seek times and use less power, all while delivering a cooler, quieter operation.
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Verbatim® Americas, LLC, an industry leader in the development and marketing of high-quality products for storing, moving and using digital content, announced today at Macworld a Mac OS X compatible 8GB Store ‘n’ Go™ USB Drive, the latest addition to its award-winning Store ‘n’ Go™ line of USB Drives. Customer driven, Verbatim offers the new Store ‘n’ Go drive with two convenience features with that clearly differentiate it from similar USB drives on the market. With the retractable design, the new Mac drive’s USB connectors are fully protected without needing a cap that can be easily misplaced. The 8GB Store ‘n’ Go USB Drive also provides “intelligent” security—users can freely access and share data in the general ‘public’ area without having to log in but have password controlled access to the drive’s private zone from any OS X-equipped Mac. A write-protect feature is included to prevent accidental erasure of data in both areas.
Borrowing from the tagline on the new Store ‘n’ Go for Mac pack, Mark Rogers, Verbatim Product Manager, explained that the “Security that works the way you do™” is a key feature of the drive. “Unlike other USB drives, it doesn’t force you to log in just to use it. It provides basic security features when you need them, but they are not in your way when you don't.”
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ASUS announced this week that its Xonar HDAV1.3 Series sound cards now support Dolby TrueHD audio bitstream. Thanks to the cards' AV200 audio processor and ArcSoft’s TotalMedia Theatre software, users can output Dolby TrueHD audio to their AV receiver at a lossless compression rate of 24bit/192KHz.
Following the success of becoming the world’s first sound cards to be equipped with the next generation DTS-HD Master Audio and Dolby Digital Plus bitstream on the PC platform, the ASUS Xonar HDAV1.3 Series once again moves to the forefront as the world’s first and only solution to offer Dolby TrueHD audio bitstream on the PC platform. A powerful combination comprising of C-Media’s custom-made AV200 audio processor and ArcSoft’s TotalMedia Theatre software player lets users be the first to enjoy Dolby TrueHD’s lossless compression rate of 24bit/192KHz over to their AV receivers. This breakthrough in the emerging Blu-ray era was unprecedented before the release of the Xonar HDAV1.3.
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Transcend Information, Inc. (Transcend®), a leading manufacturer of flash memory products, is proud to announce its stylish new P8 All-In-One USB Card Reader. With rounded edges and a streamlined design, the versatile P8 is compact (77.7mm x 46mm x 15.8mm) and easy to carry. Unlike other card readers with confusing designs, all four of the P8’s card slots are clearly labeled to avoid confusion and save time. Just plug the P8 directly into any USB2.0 port to lightning fast and hassle-free transfer of music, videos, photos or documents.
In addition, each P8 Card Reader comes with free photo recovery software that features quick and easy previews of recoverable data. This useful software can help users easily restore lost or damaged files with just a few mouse clicks.
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A-DATA Technology Co., Ltd., a worldwide leader in high performance memory products, announced today that it is launching XPG Dual SSD 3.5” RAID Enclosure to expand its portfolio of SSD solutions.
The A-DATA XPG Dual SSD 3.5” RAID Enclosure is a complete RAID solution through the use of two 2.5” SATA SSDs and/or HDDs mounted on one standard 3.5” form factor drive cage. This multifunctional RAID enclosure can be used as two separate drives, as a redundant drive to protect against drive failure, combined to become one high-performance drive or combined to become one large drive. By utilizing the hardware DIP switch on the back of the unit or included software utility, all these different RAID configurations and more can be set in an instant. Connection via SATA or USB enables easy direct access.
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Verbatim sent out a press release today, announcing the launch of two new Quad Interface Desktop Hard Disk Drives. Available in 500GB and 1TB capacities, these new drives offer support for all four of the leading interfaces: USB 2.0, FireWire 400, FireWire 800 and eSATA II. The drives are also housed in a black aluminum case and feature a 7200rpm spindle speed and 32MB of cache.
Verbatim® Americas, LLC, a global leader in digital storage solutions, announced today two new Quad Interface Desktop Hard Disk Drives (HDDs) with capacities of 500GB and 1TB. The pro audio/video-grade storage and backup solutions offer Mac and PC users universal connectivity with plug and play support for all four of the leading interfaces: USB 2.0, FireWire 400, FireWire 800 and eSATA II (external Serial ATA II). With these connection options and the equivalent of 1000 Gigabytes of storage backed by Verbatim’s reputation for reliability, the new external drives are ideal for audio, video, digital photography and music professionals as well as graphics applications where capacity, performance and reliability are essential. Affordably priced, the drive also puts volumes of storage within the reach of consumers and small businesses with large amounts of video, photos, music, and data files that they want to store, edit and protect.
Verbatim’s new Quad-interface Desktop HDDs weigh 3.3 lbs. and measure 8.7 in. X 5.9 in. X 1.5 in., making them easy to transport from one desk to another and requiring minimal desk space when connected to a desktop system. Housed in sleek yet durable black aluminum cases, the 3.5” drives feature a 7200rpm spindle speed and 32MB of cache memory to optimize performance. A silent cooling fan is also included.
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Moser Baer recently announced that its has achieved product verification from the Blu-ray Disc Association for its new 6x BD-R media. According to their press release, they are the first company outside of Japan to develop and ship 6x BD-R media.
Moser Baer India (MBI) has announced a breakthrough in technology development in the next generation Optical media format. The company, along with its subsidiary OM&T, Netherlands, has achieved product verification from BDA (Blu Ray Disc Association) for its latest Blu Ray (BDR) 1x-6x media. Furthermore, MBI media has been accepted by the BDA as a test disc to check the performance of BDR 1x- 6x media in various BD drives being manufactured globally. With this verification certification, MBI becomes the first company, outside Japan, to develop and ship 1x-6x BDR media.
The latest innovation from MBI with BDR 1x-6x enables customers to have a faster media recording. Typically this will allow a 2-hour transmission equivalent of HD (High Definition) quality video / data to be recorded in less than 20 minutes.
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