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Despite the failure of HD DVD, China is moving ahead with its own version of the format. While the CBHD (China Blue High-definition Disc) promises lower manufacturing costs and royalty fees, Taiwan's drive manufacturers believe that it will have a hard time competing with Blu-ray Disc in the Chinese market.
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With the threat of cheap, Chinese manufactured Blu-ray players looming on the horizon, companies like Sony, Samsung and LG have begun to reduce the price of their entry-level Blu-ray Disc players. According to DigiTimes, retail prices in the US have by dropped by an average of 25%, bringing the price of BD players below $300.
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Lexar sent out a press release earlier today, announcing its new FIPS validated USB flash drive. Available in 2GB and 4GB capacities, the JumpDrive Solo Vault offers security features such as 256-bit AES encryption and a FIPS-approved algorithm for securely deleting files.
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Kingston announced this week that its DataTraveler 400 and 100 USB flash drives are now available in 16GB capacities. The company also introduced the DataTravaler 101 which sports bright colors, a swivel design and capacities up to 8GB.
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Samsung announced this week that it is adding a new, more affordable model to its line of Blu-ray equipped "home theater in a box" (HTiB) systems. According to Twice, the $799 HT-BD2E features an integrated BD 1.0 Blu-ray player as well as five small satellite speakers, a passive subwoofer and 800 watts of RMS power.
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Buffalo has announced a new series drives based on Panasonic's 8x Blu-ray Disc writer, the SW-5584. The internal BR-816FBS and external BR-816SU2 feature 8x BD-R, 8x BD-R DL, 2x BD-R LTH and 2x BD-RE writing speeds and a maximum BD-ROM read speed of 8x. Here are some of the specs:
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Western Digital sent out a press release earlier today, announcing its new enterprise-class 2.5-inch SATA hard drives. The WD VelociRaptor offers 300GB of capacity and features a 10,000 rotation speed, SATA 3 Gb/s interface and 16 MB cache.
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Over the last year or so, there has been a lot of hype surrounding solid-state drives (SSDs). Unfortunately, in many cases, they've come up short in regards to performance and power consumption. During SanDisk's second-quarter earnings conference call, Chairman and CEO Eli Harari blamed Windows Vista for many of these shortcomings, stating that the OS is not optimized for SSDs.
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Sony Creative Software has announced the availability of its new multi-codec video encoder. The BAE-VX1000 is 30% faster than Sony's previous model and offers a number of enhancements including support for all Blu-ray formats.
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