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LaCie d2 Blu-ray Drives are available now for a suggested retail price of $1149. More information can be found on LaCie's website. Add a comment
LaCie today announced it is first to ship worldwide a professional external Blu-ray burning solution for Mac OS and Windows called the LaCie d2 Blu-ray Drive. The drive records, rewrites and reads 25GB or 50GB BD-R (recordable) and BD-RE (rewritable), as well as DVD±RW DL and CD±RW. LaCie d2 Blu-ray Drives come fully equipped with Roxio burning software and dual FireWire/USB interfaces. The external solution is housed in LaCie's trusted and durable d2 case made of sturdy aluminum alloy...
...LaCie d2 Blu-ray Drives come with user-friendly and full-featured Roxio software including Roxio Easy Media Creator 8 for Windows, and Toast 7 Titanium for Mac - both with new support for Blu-ray. Software enables BD image-to-disc recording, disc-to-disc copy, and data transfer for file backup. All users can treat BD-RE like a removable storage device with drag-and-drop capabilities, while Mac users have the ability to mount burned BD on the desktop.
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Although CMC Magnetics and Ritek have raised their OEM quotations for blank CD-R discs by 8-10% for the first quarter of 2007 and second-tier makers, including Prodisc Technology, Lead Data and Gigastorage, have followed suit by hiking their OEM prices by 5-8%, retail prices in Taiwan currently remain unchanged, according to retail channels.The article also points out that CD-R discs currently being sold at retail are without Veeza licensing. Once Veeza CD-R discs make their way to retail channels, the price will most likely go up. If you'd like to read more, head on over to DigiTimes. Add a comment
Retail prices of CD-R discs in Taiwan, in the wake of an OEM price increase, went up slightly by NT$30-50 to NT$499-799 (US$15-25) for a pack of 100 discs in November and December of 2006, the sources indicated. This was mainly due to increased demand during the traditional peak sales period, the sources pointed out. As retail channels and outlets currently have a CD-R disc inventory for four to six weeks, there is no room for them to hike retail prices, the sources noted.
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With Taiwan's top two optical disc makers, CMC Magnetics and Ritek, signing on to Philips' Veeza licensing scheme for CD-R disc patents, Prodisc Technology, the largest second-tier maker, today signed on as well, according to the company.The article also points out that Gigastorage, Optodisc, Princo and Daxon have not signed up with Philips yet. However, with the possibility that Veeza may extend to DVD discs in 2007, they'll have to get on board if they want to export their discs to the US and Europe. If you'd like to read more, head on over to DigiTimes. Add a comment
Lead Data, another second-tier maker, also said it has decided to accept Veeza, according to chairman Lai-shun Lin. The Lead Data chairman stated that the company decided to follow the advice of one of its major customers, Sony, and join Veeza.
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With Taiwan's top optical disc makers having already signed up Royal Philips Electronics' Veeza licensing scheme for its CD-R patents, second tier players have reportedly felt pressure to sign on as well, but industry sources noted that some second-tier players could face charges of US$20-30 million if they want to enter the program.While this is a considerable amount of money, disc manufacturers will need to pay it if they want to export their discs to the US and Europe. If you'd like to read more, head on over to DigiTimes. Add a comment
According to sources at Philips Intellectual Property & Standards organization (IP&S), any CD-R disc maker looking to sign up for Veeza is required to first pay the cumulative CD-R royalties owed to Philips.
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Pioneer Electronics recently in Japan launched its DVR-A12J, a 18x DVD Dual burner featuring LabelFlash direct disc labeling technology, a move that signals that the technology is catching up in terms of adoption with the competing LightScribe format and that competition between the two formats will heat up in 2007, according to industry sources in Taiwan.Hopefully, LabelFlash will finally make its way to the US in 2007. If you'd like to read more, head on over to DigiTimes. Add a comment
LabelFlash, developed by Fujifilm and Yamaha Corporation, and LightScribe, developed by Hewlett-Packard (HP), allows users to directly burn a label onto specially coated DVD discs.
