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Intel's P965 chipset and Microsoft's Vista operating system are expected to speed up adoption of SATA (serial advanced technology attachment) and displace ATAPI (ATA packet interface) as the mainstream interface standard for optical drives in the second half of 2007, according to optical disc drive (ODD) manufacturers in Taiwan.While we've had a few SATA drives in the 'Labs, they've been few and far between. Hopefully this report is true and we'll be seeing more of them next year. If you'd like to read more, head on over to DigiTimes. Add a comment
Following LG, Plextor, Sony and Taiwan-based Asustek, Pioneer and Panasonic as well as Taiwan-based Lite-On IT will soon offer DVD-ROM drives or DVD burners equipped with SATA interfaces, the sources indicated.
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Droppix announced today the availability of Droppix Recorder 2.0. This new release sports a brand-new graphical interface, adds support for Blu-Ray discs and Windows Vista, introduces Droppix SmartDisc -- a new wizard designed by Droppix to simplify all recording and printing projects -- and comes with a new music CD creation module and a new built-in search wizard to find any document in seconds. Droppix Recorder 2.0 comes bundled with Droppix Label Maker Lite 2.8 - an advanced new solution for Lightscribe CD and DVD label authoring. Droppix Recorder 2.0 is compatible with Windows Vista.More information on Droppix Recorder 2.0 can be found here. Otherwise a 30-day trial version can be downloaded from the Droppix website. Add a comment
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Hewlett-Packard (HP) is offering its new D4655y-series desktop PC bundled with an HD DVD-ROM drive for an additional US$99, in a move to promote HD DVD, according to industry sources in Taiwan. The HD DVD-ROM is unable to burn HD DVD discs but is compatible with DVD discs, the sources indicated.This is a pretty good deal considering the HD DVD-ROM drive is currently a $249 option on HP's D4650y series of PC's. If you'd like to read more, head on over to DigiTimes. Add a comment
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According to AV Watch, Mitsubishi Chemical's BD-R and BD-RE media is expected to cost about 1,800 Yen and 2,500 Yen respectively. More information can be found here. Add a comment
This corporation received such needs, actualized the production of the next generation bulk disk which uses the blue laser on the basis of the respective company technology which is cultivated with development and production of the long time optical disk. In this year July, it continues to the start of sale of bear type BD for 2 time fast corresponding data, it is something which starts the sale for the video recording BD whose demand is high from the user. BD which this time we sell digital hi-vision broadcast while it was hi-vision picture quality made the video recording of approximately 130 parts possible memory capacity 25GB (single sided 1 layer) with, (at the time of transfer rate approximately 24Mbps).
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