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No word on price or availability. If you'd like to read more, Mitsubishi's entire press release can be found here. Add a comment
Mitsubishi chemical media corporation (head office: The tokyo Minato-ku, president: Otsuka it is heavy virtue and below “MKM”), the Braille attachment CD-R which can grasp the letter of the disk surface with feeling (postscript type) we sell the disk in this year 8 end of the month. Besides the fact that the Braille convex (with densely) by the fact that letter is printed on the disk surface, standard and capacity etc of the disk can be read, the identification of the inside and outside becomes easy.
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Joint venture company Philips & Lite-On Digital Solutions has announced plans to cut the price of its internal Lite-On Blu-ray Disc Drive LH-2B1S in Europe.Europe isn't the only place seeing price cuts. Here in the US, we've already seen the LH-2B1S go for less than $300. The Taiwanese market has also experienced a 20% price drop. However, due to the price of media, drive sales are still very slow. Add a comment
The company said that the move was prompted by the greater availability of Blu-ray lasers.
Lite-On launched its LH-2B1S in November 2006, but due to an early global shortage of the actual Blu-ray lasers, prices of Blu-ray writers remained high relative to alternative systems and pricing had not moved since these were introduced.
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We haven't heard much from our contacts at LG USA. However, the GGW-H20N should hit the European market during the 3Q of 2007 and is expected to cost only 400 Euro (~$551US). More information can be found here. Add a comment
LG breaks the next record in the discipline Blu ray to technology: The new GGW-H20N burns BD-R-disks with 6x speed. Like its predecessor GGWH10N the new LG super Multi Blue describes not only Blu ray disks, but reads also the second High definition format HD DVD. The full unformattedness becomes besides gradually payable: The new internal hybrid Sprinter is not to cost any more than 400 euro (UVP). Beside all usual CD and DVD formats inclusive DVD dual and double Layer reads and writes the GGW-H20N also DVD-RAM and supports doppellagige BD-media, whose storage capacity amounts to 50 GB. The drive assembly is attached over an SATA interface and comes in the third quarter on the market.
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Sony's new DVDirect is expected to ship in August for a suggested retail price of $230. Full details can be found here. Add a comment
Sony Electronics today debuted its next-generation multi-function DVDirect DVD recorder which can quickly transfer high-definition home videos and digital photos to DVD discs without using a computer.
The new VRD-MC5 model can now transfer AVCHD quality videos to DVD discs in their native 1080i HD resolution when connected directly to a Sony hard drive or Memory Stick Handycam camcorder. The resulting DVD can be played back on compatible Blu-ray Disc devices, including players and computer drives as well as PlayStation 3 (PS3) computer entertainment systems.
The VRD-MC5 recorder can also transfer standard-definition home videos to DVD without the complexity of using a computer from virtually any camcorder, VCR or digital video recorder. The new model includes Digital Video (i.LINK/FireWire/IEEE-1394), S-Video, Composite Video inputs, and USB (for Sony hard drive, DVD, and Memory Stick Handycam camcorders). DVD video discs recorded in this manner are playable in most consumer DVD players.
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According to AV Watch, TDK's 4x BD-R and BD-R DL media is expected to cost about 1,700 Yen ($14US) and 4,000 Yen ($33US) respectively. More information can be found here. Add a comment
TDK marketing corporation (president: Matsui national rapture), the blue ray disk BD-R for the data which this each time corresponds to 4 time fast record (postscript type) single sided 1 layer (25GB) with single sided 2 layer (50GB) 2 types are merchandised, 1 layer type sells on July 25th. 2 layer type, the ink jet printer corresponding disk (1 layer type), we plan the sale September 20th.
