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Royal Philips Electronics announces today that it will reduce the royalty rate for compliant licensees in the CD Rewritable discs license program by 44% from USD 0.045 per disc to USD 0.025 per disc.If you'd like to read more, Philips' entire announcement can be found here. Add a comment
The reduction shall be available to all licensees who are in full compliance with the terms and conditions of their license agreement with Philips. The reduction shall initially be valid from the 4th quarter of 2007.
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If things go as planned, we should have a review of the DH-4O1S in the coming weeks. In the mean time, PLDS USA's entire announcement can be found here. Add a comment
Philips & Lite-On Digital Solutions (PLDS) USA, proudly introduce its first internal BD-ROM (Blu-ray Disc Reader) drive to the market. The new Lite-On DH-4O1S is the perfect all-in-one disc reading device for most popular media formats including Blu-ray Disc, DVD and CD discs. The DH-4O1S Blu-ray BD-ROM drive will be available at retail outlets in late November with an affordable suggested list price of $199.99.
“With the increasing availability of Blu-ray Disc movies and other video content, consumers now have an affordable way to view the brilliant picture quality Blu-ray technology offers right on their personal computers,” says Christine Hsing, Marketing Manager at PLDS. “Beyond that, the BD-ROM can serve as a playback device to their HD TVs by connecting an HDMI cable from the PC to the TV. This would save consumers hundreds of dollars on the purchase of a standalone Blu-ray player solely for that purpose,” Ms. Hsing added.
The DH-4O1S BD-ROM retail pack comes with an extra silver bezel to match some computers, and a SATA cable for easy connection. Also included in the package is the latest Cyberlink Power DVD software for playback of Blu-ray disc media, DVD, or CD multi-media content.
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PLDS (Philips Lite-On Digital Solutions) says the world’s first BD-ROM (Blu-ray DVD-ROM) drive will be a versatile read-only device capable of reading every major optical disc type. As well as Blu-ray discs, the PLDS DH-401S will be able to access and read content from any DVD+/-R and DVD+/-RW drive and any type of CD-R/RW media.While I applaud PLDS for introducing a read-only Blu-ray drive, the £125 ($258US) price tag is still a bit high for consumers, especially when they can get a Blu-ray combo drive for nearly the same price. If you'd like to read more, the entire article can be found here. Add a comment
Jelmer Veldman, marketing manager for PLDS Europe, explained that because it is a read-only device, the Philips-Lite-On partnership was able to keep retail costs down. They hope the probably price tag of £125 will entice consumers to swap their existing PC CD-ROM drives for the DH-401S Blu-ray drive.
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Royal Philips Electronics plans to extend its patent licensing scheme for blank optical discs - such as Veeza for CD-R discs -to DVD drives as well as any consumer electronic DVD device, such as players and recorders, through imposing its DVD patent LSCD (Licensed Status Confirmation Document) system on such makers, with the system being drawn up and possibly coming into force soon, according to the Taiwan Office of Philips Intellectual Property & Standards.The LSCD system is expected to have a negative impact on second-tier manufacturers in China and Taiwan, as many of them have not obtained licensing from the 3C DVD or DVD 6C patent groups. If you'd like to read more, head on over to DigiTimes. Add a comment
Philips' LSCD system will not substantially influence Lite-On IT and Quanta Storage, the largest Taiwan-based makers of half-height DVD burners and slim-type DVD burners, respectively, according to industry sources in Taiwan. This is because Lite-On IT and Philips have set up the joint venture Philips Lite-On Digital Solutions (PLDS) in Taiwan and Quanta Storage has a shelter from the patent claim through its cross-licensing with Sony which, along with Philips, is among the members of the DVD 3C Patent Group, the sources pointed out.
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No word on price yet. However, the PX-PH120US, PX-PH160US and PX-PH250US will be available in Europe at the end of November. Full details can be found here. Add a comment
Plextor Europe (www.plextor-europe.com) announces the launch of its new range of external hard disk drives: PX-PH120US, PX-PH160US and PX-PH250US. The digits in these product models refer to the disk capacity in gigabytes. In addition to a USB interface, users benefit from an eSATA (external Serial ATA) connection to boost the speed of these external drives. They are still as small and lightweight as the highly successful range of previous PX-PH08U2, PX-PH12U2 and PX-PH16U2 hard disks. Good news all round.
PCs are generally fitted with a Serial ATA interface to connect their internal hard disk drives to the motherboard. We are now extending this connection to external hard disks to deliver the same performance as with internal hard disks. Rudy De Meirsman, Sales & Marketing Manager for Plextor Europe, gives the details: “Hard disks using the USB 2.0 interface typically operate at 33 Mb a second. With the eSATA interface, we can reach speeds of 200 Mb a second. As users are becoming far more mobile, they need a larger capacity external disk so they can carry their office without their PC. I’m convinced this is the way forward!”
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In this review we'll take a look at some of the features found on the DRU-840A and see how it compares to some of the 20x DVD±RW drives from the competition. Does Sony's new drive have what it takes? You'll have to read the review to find out.
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CyberLink Corp. (5203.TW), a leader in digital home solutions, today announced support for the Advanced Video Codec High Definition Standard (AVCHD) across its complete range of leading consumer software products.If you'd like to read more, CyberLink's entire press release can be found here. Add a comment
Following certification of AVCHD support in high-definition movie player software PowerDVD earlier this year, CyberLink has now received certification from the Sony Test Center for disc authoring software PowerProducer.
CyberLink has provided an update for existing users of PowerDirector 6 (retail and isales versions only), allowing consumers to download from the CyberLink website to enable the importing of AVCHD content.
