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If you'd like to read more, Advanced Media's entire press release can be found here. Add a comment
Advanced Media, Inc., manufacturer and marketer of the popular RIDATA brand of recordable CD and DVD media, electronic storage products, and digital media accessories, is introducing a 16x DVD+R Double Layer optical disc to its large DVD product line. With an amazing 8.5GB of storage capacity, the advanced, single-sided disc is ideal for virtually any business or household application.
"The RIDATA 16X DVD+R Double-Layer discs feature a dramatically increased 16X speed. Users will enjoy fast recording times and reliable storage with a wide range of playback options," stated Harvey Liu, Advanced Media president. "The DVD+R double layer market is growing, it more than doubled in size last year and demand continues to be strong. We are pleased to be the first offer this competitively priced product to the retail industry for 2008."
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No word yet on pricing or availability. As we find out more, we'll let you know. In the mean time, ASUs's entire press release can be found here. Add a comment
In order to provide users with increased data storage, ASUS, a leading provider of high-performance optical storage devices, today announced the new DRW-2014S1/S1T - an industry leading DVD rewriter that supports 14X DVD-RAM write, 20X DVD+/-R and 8X DVD+/-R dual layer media sources. It also features Over-speed Burning - a feature that saves users precious time.
The ASUS DRW-2014S1/S1T features Over-speed Burning - a technology that is able to burn DL 2.4X discs at 8X speeds. Users need only need to spend 18 minutes rather than 47 minutes while waiting for data backups - a time savings of 29 minutes!
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CMC Magnetics, the largest Taiwan-based producer of blank optical discs, is planning annual equipment maintenance in the first quarter of 2008, with the stoppage of production intended to also help avoid a possible oversupply of CD-R and DVD+R/-R discs in the traditional off-season, according to the company. Ritek, the second largest maker, indicated that it is considering whether to make a similar move and will reach a decision soon.Second tier manufacturers like Prodisc, Gigastorage and Lead Data are also planning on or considering doing equipment maintenance during the first quarter. If you'd like to read more, head on over to DigiTimes. Add a comment
CMC has not yet decided when to start the planned maintenance nor the time length, with the decision hinging on the receipt of orders, the company pointed out. CMC has production bases in Taiwan, China, Thailand and Hong Kong. Three of these, excluding the one in Thailand, were put into annual maintenance in a period around the Lunar New Year in 2007, the company indicated. Ritek also took maintenance measures around the same time, according to the company.
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With consumers confused about which format to buy and a relative paucity of drives available to computer manufacturers, how rapidly will HD optical drives enter the PC market?The price of combination Blu-ray/HD DVD drives have already come down considerably. The LG GGW-H20L retails for $399 which is less than what most single format Blu-ray writers go for. If you'd like to read more, ABI Research's entire press release can be found here. Add a comment
“ABI Research expects high-definition drives to bring in revenues of about $2 billion by 2012,” says principal analyst Steve Wilson. “Of that, about two-thirds will be accounted for by universal drives, which can play either format. Few universal drives are sold today, partly because of their higher price. But those prices will fall to about the same as Blu-ray players by 2009, and we forecast universal player sales to exceed Blu-ray the following year.”
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While pricing and availability have not been announced, samples of Panasonic's new BD drive will be on display in January at CES. If you'd like to read more, Panasonic's entire press release can be found here. Add a comment
Due to the increasing need for data volume on personal computers and the gaining popularity of high definition digital images, the demand for Blu-ray discs and BD drives is rapidly rising. Panasonic believes the world's thinnest BD drive ideally meets these consumer trends as it also provides a high added value for notebook PCs that are also becoming thinner and lighter. Panasonic continues to bring out innovative disc drives through steady improvements in their performance and features.
Even with its 9.5 mm high thin profile, the new BD drive features double speed reading and writing for both write-once BD-R and rewritable BD-RE discs. This feature was facilitated through perfecting technologies such as improved light usage efficiency, high-speed recording waveform and broader bandwidth of the light-receiving element.
The product is also capable of reading and writing on BD-R DL (dual layer/50GB) and BD-RE DL discs and will be compatible with future organic pigment-type BDs.
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While RITEK may be the first company to get 16x DVD+R DL media to market, Ricoh launched their own discs back in March. If you'd like to read more, RITEK's entire announcement can be found here. Add a comment
RITEK Corporation, the global leading manufacturer of storage media, has once again outdone competitors with its outstanding technology to become the first company to launch DVD+R DL 16X. RITEK's DVD+R DL offers up to 16X of writing speed and is undoubtedly a welcoming product for modern PC users who are always concerned about speed.
Before Blu-ray discs become the next mainstream media, RITEK Corporation has offered its new DVD+R DL 16X as consumers' best solution for backups and data storage. Apart from having the advantages of large capacity of 8.5GB and the convenience of not having to change sides during the burning process, at a writing speed at 16X, it will only take 10 minutes to write 8.5GB of data on to the disc. This is equivalent to 4 hours of high-resolution DVD image; 16 hours of VHS quality image or 120 hours of MP3 music. RITEK DVD+R DL 16X offers a substantial increase in data/image/music burning speed and convenience for the consumers and it is most suitable for company or individual use when there is a need for backup for massive amount of data. With RITEK DVD+R DL 16X, the days of long waiting time for data backup are over.
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Sonic Solutions(R)(Nasdaq: SNIC), the leader in digital media software, announced today thatCMC Magnetics Corporation (TSEC: CMC), a leading optical storagemanufacturer, has signed a Qflix(TM) technology and IP licensing agreement.CMC is beginning production on Qflix DVDs, which enable the secure,on-demand recording of digitally distributed entertainment with the sameprotection as commercially mass-produced titles. CMC is currently takingorders for two versions of Qflix media expected to be in broad use nextyear. The first type will be employed by duplication system operatorsproviding custom DVD publishing services to retailers. The second type isdesigned for use in retail movie kiosks as well as in the home, where theywill enable consumers to legally record premium entertainment downloadedfrom the Internet.If you'd like to read more, Sonic's entire press release can be found here. Add a comment
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Fastmac's 4x Blu-ray optical drive upgrade is available now for a special introductory price of $579.95. Full details can be found here. Add a comment
Fastmac today announced a 4x Dual Layer Blu-Ray optical drive upgrade for Apple's Mac Pro & PowerMac G5 computers. The new 5.25-inch, tray loading drive uses one of the fastest Mac-compatible Blu-ray mechanisms to provide up to 50 Gb of storage on 1 dual or double layer disc, without sacrificing compatibility with standard DVD & CD recordable media. Using a SATA connection, the drive's 4x BD-R DL mechanism allows professional Mac users to burn upto 50GB of data on 1 disc in less than 50 minutes.
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The Zebra Blu-ray / HD DVD Player is available with an eSATA interface for $409 with a combination eSATA/USB 2.0 interface for $429. Full details can be found here. Add a comment
Addonics Technologies today announced its Zebra Blu-ray / HD DVD Player an optical storage solution that allows your PC to play Blu-ray and HD DVD movies from the same tray.
The Zebra Blu-ray / HD DVD Player also plays standard DVDs and CDs in various file formats and burns DVD±R/RW and CDRW media, which makes it one of the most flexible optical drives available. Users can turn their laptop or desktop computer into a high definition movie player and enjoy high definition video quality of 1080p format at 1920x1080 resolution and the dynamic 7.1-channel audio output that comes with the Blu-ray or HD DVD format.
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If you'd like to read more, Verbatim Europe's entire press release can be found here. Add a comment
Verbatim, the storage media specialist, is the first and only company in the world to bring colour LightScribe DVD+Rs this year onto the market. Alongside the current Golden colour, the discs are now available in Red, Orange, Yellow, Blue and Green. In addition, an update for the LightScribe system software allows even more brilliant results. The new Verbatim LightScribe DVD+R discs are available from December and cost €4.99 for 5 discs in a slim case (RRP). In addition, Verbatim will offer the Golden LightScribe CD-R, with proven AZO quality, on a spindle holding 25 discs for €10.49 (RRP).
