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Lite-On IT has reportedly secured OEM orders for DVD-ROM drives to be built into Microsoft Xbox 360 consoles, with monthly shipments of 0.8-1 million units to begin in the third quarter of 2007, according to industry sources in Taiwan.If you'd like to read more, head on over to DigiTimes. Add a comment
Lite-On IT was unwilling to confirm the report saying that the company will not comment on any reports concerning orders due to non-disclosure agreements signed with clients.
The built-in DVD-ROM drives for the Xbox 360 have been produced by two OEM makers, Toshiba-Samsung Storage Technology (TSST) and BenQ, the sources indicated. Lite-On IT took over BenQ's optical disc drive business unit in mid-2006 but did not take over the OEM manufacturing rights for Xbox 360 because it was required to obtain new certification from Microsoft, the sources pointed out.
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In this review we'll take a look at some of the features found on the PX-608CU and then see how it performs. Is Plextor's portable DVD writer the best choice for the person on the go? You'll have to read the review to find out.
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Plextor PX-608CU 8x USB 2.0 DVD±RW/RAM
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The latest element may reduce the price of players. Thus far, the company has used an expensive DMD priced at over $10,000 (USD) even for a playback-only machine in order to generate the reference light at the time of playback. The hologram element can generate the reference light with an incident light because the pattern of the reference light is transferred to the element. Thus, the recording light can be played back without depending on DMD. Although the specific price of the element is yet to be announced since it is at the prototyping stage, the company expects the production cost to be less than several tens of thousand yen.With holographic players costing more than some cars, any price reduction is welcome. If you'd like to read more, the entire article can be found here. Add a comment
The new element also leads to a size reduction of players. The prototype element is 20-mm square, which is smaller than DMD. In the case of DMD, the size of the portion required to generate the reference light measures 100 x 160 mm, including peripheral circuits necessary to drive DMD.
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Sharp will ship out samples on June 13th and plans to eventually produce 500,000 units per month. If you'd like to read more, Sharp's entire press release can be found here. Add a comment
Sharp, the royal purple which adopts the package of industry smallest diameter φ3.3mm mass-produces the low power output semiconductor laser, from July. The blue ray disk of the next generation DVD of the notebook PC (BD) and it is the device which is optimum to the playback of HD DVD...
...This product, when miniaturization is assured, in order to overcome the trade-off that temperature inside the package rises, mounted on the package of the high thermal insulation construction which developed the laser tip/chip which to electric power consumption is converted low anew. Because of this, the long-lived design of small-sized size and the highest level was actualized simultaneously.
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He, as well as another man, were charged in February. But on Friday, the court dismissed the cases, determining that CSS is "ineffective" and does not "achieves the protection objective" as stated by law.While this decision could make DVD copying legal, at least in Finland, it will probably have a larger effect on AACS. The way things are going, this new DRM could be declared "ineffective" as well. If you'd like to read more, the entire article can be found here. Add a comment
The court heard from two technical experts, one for the prosecutor and one for the defense, who testified the CSS copy protection technology does little to stop consumers from copying DVDs due to an abundance of programs and decryption tools. CSS was cracked just a few years after its release by three hackers, including a 16-year-old Norwegian.
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Although Plextor, NEC and I-O Data have offered LabelFlash-enabled DVD burners for a while, the technology has lagged far behind LightScribe in adoption by brands/makers of DVD burners, the sources pointed out. However, probably because LabelFlash has the advantages of much lower royalty charges and burns labels onto discs faster, there may be more brands/makers adopting the technology, including the largest Taiwan-based OEM maker Lite-On IT, the sources noted. In contrast, many newly launched DVD burners are not equipped with LightScribe, the sources said.Unfortunately, LabelFlash drives and media have yet to make their way to the US nor do I think they will in the near future. If you'd like to read more, head on over to DigiTimes. Add a comment
The competition between LabelFlash and LightScribe hinges on royalty charge rates and prices of the corresponding CD-R, DVD+R/-R discs. For example, LightScribe discs are up to 100% more expensive than standard discs of the same format, the sources noted.
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While Pioneer has not announced a price, AV Watch expects the DVR-S12J to cost about 11,000 Yen($90US). If you live in Japan, expect to see the drive on store shelves some time in June. More information, including a full list of specs, can be found here. Add a comment
The knitting machine 18 time speed of DVD±R, DVD-RAM the record precision which is stabilized even at the high-speed record time of 12 time speed of 2 actualized the quiet sound conversion which it is thorough simultaneously with “the air induction slit” on the disk tray which is succeeded and this corporation individual “disk resonance stabilizer” from “the DVR-A12J” series.
In addition, besides the fact that high-speed record of record playback and single sided 2 layer media Dual of various record types DVD and record type CD Layer DVD-R and DVD+R Double Layer (the maximum of 10 time speed) it is corresponding, drawing is possible to the label surface of the private disk which corresponds “Labelflash (the label flash) technology” and, you adopt also the stylish front panel design which is glossy to continue.
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Target Technology, a company that manufactures and sells thin film alloys for optical discs, has sued Sony in the US District Court for the Southern District of Indiana for violating a patent it holds on reflective layers used in optical storage media. The patent in question, no. 7,018,696, was filed for in April 2004 and issued in March 2006.If you'd like to read more, the entire article can be found here. Add a comment
Target Technology's complaint doesn't go into detail on exactly how Blu-ray infringes on its patents, but alleges that all Blu-ray discs manufactured, sold, and marketed by Sony are infringing. Target Technologies is demanding a jury trial, a declaration that the patents are valid and enforceable, damages, and an injunction barring Sony from future infringement.
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Support for Hewlett-Packard's (HP's) self-developed direct disc labeling technology, LightScribe, appears to be on the decline as the percentage of LightScribe-enabled DVD burners to all DVD burners has dropped from 80-90% in the first quarter of 2007 to 50-60% in the second, according to sources from both Taiwan's optical disc and optical disc drive (ODD) making industries.The article also mentions that the declining support is most likely due to extra cost associated with the technology as well as the continued drops in OEM drive prices. If you'd like to read more, head on over to DigiTimes. Add a comment
HP won support of LightScribe from global leading ODD brands and OEM makers, including Sony, Pioneer, Asustek Computer, Hitachi-LG Data Storage (HLDS), Toshiba-Samsung Storage Technology (TSST), and Lite-On IT, the sources pointed out. In mid-2006, HP's promotion of LightScribe culminated in more than 70 licensees, the sources indicated. A licensee of LightScribe has to pay initial lump-sum royalty fee of US$250,000-300,000, the sources noted.
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According to AV Watch, Maxell's BD-R DL media is expected to cost about 4,500 Yen ($37US). More information can be found here. Add a comment
The hitachi [makuseru] corporation (President execution part: Yosihito Tsunoda), digital hi-vision broadcast program 260 minutes * the for video recording Blu-ray Disc which can be videotaped (the blue ray disk), postscript type BD-R DL (single sided 2 layer 50GB) it sells from June 20th. Together, for video recording postscript type BD-R for the data (single sided 1 layer 25GB)/transfer type BD-RE (single sided 1 layer 25GB) each 5 packs of the disk are sold, the line-up of Blu-ray Disc is expanded.
