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Western Digital announced this week that it has begun to ship the second-generation of its WD Caviar Green desktop hard drives. Available in capacities ranging from 500 GB to 1 TB, WD's new Green hard drives consume up to 20% less power and offer a 10% increase in performance over the previous version.
WD (NYSE: WDC) today announced the second-generation of its highly popular and environmentally friendly WD® Caviar® Green™ desktop hard drives, which feature the company's GreenPower™ technology to significantly reduce power consumption, compared with standard hard drives. The new platform is based on WD's 333 GB/platter technology with 32 MB cache, producing capacities ranging from 500 GB to 1 TB1.
As an innovative leader in green storage technology, WD has ramped up its successful GreenPower technology-based hard drives to greater than 10 percent of its 3.5-inch hard drive shipments in the initial twelve months of production, making low-power technologies one of WD's fastest growing segments and WD Caviar Green one of the most successful new products in the company's recent history.
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Pioneer unveiled two new Blu-ray Disc writers at CEATEC 2008. The Japanese website, AV Watch, has posted some pictures of these drives along with their specs. For the desktop, Pioneer plans to release a new 8x Blu-ray Disc writer later this year. This unnamed drive is capable of writing to BD-R and BD-R DL media at 8x and BD-RE discs at 2x. It also features 16x DVD±R, 8x DVD±R DL, 8x DVD+RW, 6x DVD-RW and 5x DVD-RAM writing speeds and a SATA interface.
Along with their half-height drive, Pioneer had a new slim Blu-ray Disc writer on display. While only 12.7mm high, the drive is capable of writing to BD-R and BD-R DL media at 4x and BD-RE discs at 2x. On top of that, it can write to DVD±R and DVD±R DL media at 8x and DVD-RAM discs at 5x.
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The BRD-SH8B and BRD-UH8 will ship in mid to late-October and are priced at 39,100 Yen ($370US) and 42,300 Yen ($400US), respectively. More information on both drives can be found here.
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Super Talent recently announced its new line of cost-effective consumer solid state drives (SSDs). Available in 64GB and 128GB capacities, the MasterDrive LX is built with NAND flash and uses a SATA-II 3Gbps interface that is capable of 100MB/s read and 40MB/s write speeds. Best of all, the 128GB unit retails for less than $300.
Super Talent Technology, a leading manufacturer of Flash storage solutions and DRAM memory modules, today launched a pair of new high quality SATA-II SSDs that shatter previous price barriers.
Super Talent’s MasterDrive SSDs have become legendary for their many advantages over hard drives. MasterDrive SSDs offer five times better resistance to shock and vibration, consume less power, support a wider range of operating temperatures and altitudes, and are completely silent. The new MasterDrive LX, offered in 64GB and 128GB capacities, offers all these benefits.
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Western Digital sent out a press release this morning, announcing its WD ShareSpace high-speed network storage systems. These new 4-bay storage systems provide up to 4 TB of storage capacity and offer multiple RAID configurations for data protection and speed. The WD ShareSpace systems also features a built in FTP server, Active Directory support and software for remote access and network backups.
WD® (NYSE: WDC), the world’s leader in external storage solutions, today introduced its new WD ShareSpace high-speed network storage systems that provide cost-effective, centralized storage for small office and home networks. WD ShareSpace represents WD’s first entry into the small-office network storage market, where it plans to bring to a new class of users the ease-of-use, design and value enjoyed by millions of WD My Book® and My Passport™ customers.
Traditionally, available only in large companies with big IT departments, centralized storage helps businesses improve collaboration, while protecting their digital assets. The WD ShareSpace storage systems now bring those large-company benefits to small offices in an easy-to-set-up, small-footprint design. The 4-bay storage systems with Gigabit Ethernet (GigE) interface provide up to 4 TB of storage capacity and multiple RAID configurations.
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Thomson announced today that it has established the first Blu-ray Disc Association approved Blu-ray Disc Testing Center in the United States. Located in Burbank, CA, the test center has been categorized as a ‘content verifier’ and has been given the task of testing commercial content for the BDA.
Thomson (Paris:18453) (NYSE:TMS) – the worldwide leader in video solutions for the Communication, Media & Entertainment (CME) industries – through its Technicolor Business Group, today announced it has established the first Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA)-approved Blu-ray Disc Testing Center in the United States at its Burbank location.
Because Blu-ray Discs feature cutting edge video, audio, and interactive features (BD-Jive and BD-Live), a sophisticated level of testing is required to ensure compatibility and flawless operation of all players available on the market before the discs are publicly released. Technicolor’s test center is categorized as a ‘content verifier’ testing facility, approved by the BDA and tasked with testing commercial audiovisual (AV) content for the Association.
Technicolor, as an expert in Blu-ray Disc production, recognizes the need for improved quality control and format verification for Blu-ray Discs to ensure better compatibility and performance. The creation of a testing center directly addresses the demand by studios and content producers to create a knowledge center for improving disc compatibility and performance, and accelerate the release of Blu-ray Disc titles into the market.
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Corsair announced this week that it will be introducing a 64GB version of its Flash Voyager drive. The drive is enclosed in an all-rubber, water-resistant housing and is large enough to hold more than 300 hours of MPEG-4 video or 16,000 songs in MP3 format.
Corsair® Flash Voyager USB family lines with a new 64GB capacity offering. The new 64GB USB Flash Voyager has enough capacity for a library of DVD-length movies and tens of thousands of high-resolution digital images.
Thanks to the 64GB USB Flash Voyager, users now have the ultimate solution for storing, transporting and backing up large amounts of personal and professional data. With storage capacity that just a year ago could only be found in hard drives, the 64GB USB Flash Voyager drive also provides the added ruggedness, water resistance and performance not found in storage drives utilizing rotating media.
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Nero, creators of liquid media technology, and TiVo Inc. (NASDAQ: TIVO), the creator of and a leader in television services for digital video recorders (DVRs), announced today the unveiling of Nero LiquidTV | TiVo PC. This new offering revolutionizes the way consumers experience television by offering an enhanced TiVo DVR experience directly from the PC.
"In recent years the amount of digital entertainment content available to average consumers has exploded," said Bruce McGregor, senior analyst, Digital Home Services for Current Analysis. "Consumers have increasingly conformed to using mobile devices and the PC as sources of video entertainment; as a result they are looking for ways to port their favorite television content onto multiple mobile formats. There is an emerging opportunity for a PC-based DVR service that offers easy access to television content on a wide variety of devices."
With Nero LiquidTV | TiVo PC, consumers can watch and pause live TV on their desktop, record their favorite shows directly to their hard drive, transfer shows between computers throughout the home, or enjoy their favorite shows on-the-go by exporting them to iPod®, PlayStation® Portable (PSP®), or burning them to DVD. Now the TiVo experience can be enjoyed on the PC, including TiVo features like WishList® searches, Season Pass® recordings, TiVo KidZone, and TiVo Suggestions.
