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Ritek on May 21 announced it has received the certification for both HD DVD-R (recordable, write once) and HD DVD-RW (rewritable) formats, becoming the only Taiwan-based producer of optical discs to receive certification.The article also mentions that volume production of the two formats will begin during second half of this year at the earliest. If you'd like to read more, head on over to DigiTimes. Add a comment
The technological barrier for HD DVD-R is quite high and that for HD DVD-RW is higher, Ritek indicated. Ritek's manufacturing capability for DVD+R/-R DL (single-sided double-layer) discs was helpful in obtaining the certification, the company pointed out.
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The 1:3 DVD/CD Copy Tower HS and 1:3 DVD/CD Copy Tower HS are available now for $899 and $1399 respectively. More information on these two duplicators can be found here. Add a comment
Aleratec, Inc., developer and manufacturer of Aleratec Award Winning DVD/CD Duplicating and Publishing Solutions, is announcing its next generation of its Award Winning DVD/CD Duplicator Solutions, the new high speed 1:3 DVD/CD Copy Tower Pro HS(tm) and 1:7 DVD/CD Copy Tower Pro HS(tm), stand alone DVD/CD Duplicators that copy DVDs at up to 20x with no computer required. The new Aleratec Copy Towers feature fast, 160GB, removable Hard Disk Drives for secure storage of frequently used source discs.
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Samples of the MB86H51 will start shipping on July 1st and are expected to cost about 30,000 Yen ($247US). More information can be found on Fujitsu's website. Add a comment
Fujitsu Limited today announced a new large-scaled integrated (LSI) chip that can compress and decompress full High-Definition (HD) video (1,920 dots x 1,080 lines) in the H.264 format(1) in real-time. The new chip, the MB86H51, is the industry's first one-chip LSI for full HD H.264 High Profile(2) video processing with embedded memory. Sample shipments will start from July 1, 2007.
This new chip enables high image quality recording, playback, and transmission of full high-definition video over a wide range of fields from consumer to industrial applications, such as for digital video cameras (camcorders), hard disk digital video recorders (DVRs), home network devices, security cameras, and broadcasting equipment.
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The hitachi, ltd. Research Center (chief: Yasushi Hukunaga/below, Hitachi), this each time, basic technology of the optical system which expands the regenerative signal output of the optical disk in 10 times was developed. As for this technology, it is something which makes the optical detection method which expands the regenerative signal making use of the interference of two lights the optical disk apply. With this technology, reflected light of the optical disk being weak, accurate reading of the regenerative signal becomes possible, you say that reflected light becomes weak by the fact that the number of record layers increases fundamental topic of the multilayer optical disk is solved, the blue ray disk whose record playback of the single sided 100~200 gigabyte is possible at 4~8 layer (Blu-ray Disc) actualization of the device is expected.While details are sketchy due to the translation, Hitachi appears to be splitting the laser in half to create a reference beam. This second beam helps cut through the interference caused by the layers being so close to each other. According to other, unconfirmed sources, Hitachi plans to bring this 200GB disc to market by 2009. If you'd like to read more, their entire press release can be found here. Add a comment
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The H series is available now in capacities ranging from 512MB to 4GB. More information is available on PQI's website. Add a comment
Power Quotient International Co., Ltd. (PQI) have released their performance Traveling Disks series labeling it “H Series”. Current models with H series performances include Cool Drive U310H, U350H and U339H. H series are all Windows Vista ReadyBoost supported to give your PC that extra performance. In addition to performance, Webaroo offline browser comes built-in in every H series Traveling Disk. Webaroo downloads and saves internet packets of the website you choice making it available to the user to browse online contents offline on a laptop, PDA or a smartphone.
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No word on pricing or availability. As we find out more, we'll let you know. In the mean time, Samsung's entire press release can be found here. Add a comment
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the world leader in advanced semiconductor technology solutions, today announced that it has developed an 8Gigabyte (GB) microSD (Secure Digital) memory card, a size optimal for today’s multimedia mobile phones. Featuring the highest capacity today for a microSD card, the new fingernail-sized card is capable of storing 2,000 MP3 music files, 4,000 digital photos, or approximately 5 DVD-quality movies...
...With a read speed of 16 Megabytes (MBs) per second and a write speed of 6MB/s, Samsung’s 8GB microSD card well exceeds the Speed Class 4 SDHC (Secure Digital High Capacity) standard which requires a data write speed of 4MB/s. This is also much faster than the SD Speed Class 2 designation carried by most competing microSD cards currently on the market.
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The BDP-LX70 will be available in Japan in late June for a suggested retail price of 170,000 yen ($1,400US). Full details can be found here. Add a comment
Pioneer Corporation announced today the introduction of the BDP-LX70, a Blu-ray Disc Player, for the Japanese market.
With the start of terrestrial digital broadcasting and the spread of Plasma and other high-definition televisions in recent years, interest in high-definition video images is growing rapidly. In November, 2006, the first Blu-ray Disc titles were released in Japan, and further releases of high-definition content are expected in the future.
In response to the growing demand for high-definition video contents, Pioneer has decided to release its Blu-ray Disc player in Japan, following its first entry to the North American market last year.
