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Advanced Media, Inc manufactures and markets the popular RIDATA brand of recordable CD and DVD media, electronic storage products, and digital media accessories to the U.S. market. For years, high quality RIDATA CDs and DVDs have been the global media of choice by leading duplicators, archivists and other professionals. To answer this demand RIDATA has created a line of consistently high quality archival and duplication media called the PRO Series of discs. The new line features RIDATA PRO DVD-R 8X inkjet white, DVD-R 8X shiny silver, PRO 52X CD-R inkjet white, and 52X CD-R shiny silver.No word yet on pricing or availability. As we find out more, we'll let you know. In the mean time, RIDATA's entire press release can be found here. Add a comment
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Royal Philips Electronics on September 25 announced Ritek has joined Veeza, its new licensing system for CD-R disc patents, with Ritek being the first Taiwan-based optical disc maker to sign on. Philips also announced a 41.7% reduction in its royalty charge for recordable DVD discs from US$0.06 to US$0.035, a step toward extending Veeza from CD-R to recordable DVD discs.With Ritek on board, it will probably be only a matter of time before other manufacturers start using Veeza. If you'd like to read more, head on over to DigiTimes. Add a comment
Ritek's five-year contract with Philips for licensed use of CD-R patents expired a few months ago and the company agreed to join Veeza to continue licensing the patents, Ritek pointed out. However, optical discs makers in Taiwan had originally boycotted Veeza, so Ritek's sudden reversal may cause some discontent among its fellow makers. As Ritek is currently the second largest maker of optical discs in Taiwan, its action will bring pressure on other makers, industry sources indicated.
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Memorex, the leading brand of optical media at U.S. retail and a portfolio brand of Imation Corp (NYSE: IMN), delivers a superior choice for the design and labeling of keepsake-quality CDs and DVDs. Memorex Inkjet Printable media with AquaGuard technology offers a brilliant white smear- and water-resistant disc surface, ideal for creating personalized video, photo, music and data discs with full-color labels of your own design.Memorex Inkjet Printable Media with AquaGuard will be available next month. More information, including pricing, can be found here. Add a comment
Featuring proprietary nanoparticle technology to grip and hold the ink in place, Memorex Inkjet Printable CDs and DVDs with AquaGuard surface resist smearing and color bleed of printed images, unlike standard inkjet media. Additionally, the bright white surface of each disc provides superior color reproduction and sharper images for eye-catching designs. Consumers can print directly onto the quick-drying surface of the media using inkjet printers that have a disc-printing feature. The discs are uniformly covered with the brilliant white AquaGuard surface from edge to hub, providing maximum real estate for a nearly continuous label.
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Royal Philips Electronics has revoked CD-R disc patent licenses for CMC Magnetics and Ritek, the top two producers of optical discs in Taiwan, as well as Prodisc Technology and Lead Data, two second-tier makers, according to a list of CD-R licensees published on Philips Intellectual Property & Standards' (PIPS') global website.As the article points out, this is most likely an attempt to get these manufacturers to accept Philips' Veeza licensing scheme. If you'd like to read more, head on over to DigiTimes.
Philips' withdrawal of CD-R licensing was due to the Taiwan-based makers, except for Ritek, violating existing licensing contracts, industry sources in Taiwan cited Philips as saying. Ritek lost licensing because its contract with Philips expired in May of this year, the sources noted.
Update: Thanks to Digital Dolphin and RJW, we've learned that Ritek is now licensed under Philips' Veeza licensing scheme. At the same time, Prodisc does not seem to be licensed for CD's nor DVD's. You can check the status of both companies here. Add a comment
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The DVD burner DSW1218P from AOpen Inc. is a versatile and powerful half-height (5 1/4") optical disc drive that can read and write DVD +/- R/RW, DVD +/- R DL, DVD-RAM, and CD-R/RW formats at speed up to 18X. It is a complete DVD/CD burning solution that allows you to access all optical disc types!No word on pricing or availability. As we find out more, we'll let you know. In the mean time, AOpen's entire press release can be found here. Add a comment
AOpen DSW1812P is a rare burner that can support 18X burning, 12X DVD-RAM, 8X DVD +/- R DL (Double/Dual Layer), and CD-R/RW. This means AOpen DSW1812P is the fastest DVD burner ever!
AOpen DSW1812P burns DVD+R/-R at 18X, DVD+RW at 8X, DVD-RW at 6X, CD-R at 48X and CD-RW at 32X. With 2MB buffer memory, DSW1812P provides more stable and faster burning which is very suitable for personal and working purposes. And it equips the special silent technology that can help to remain quiet working environment while burning.
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The internal DRU-830A drive is shipping now for about $70 after a $20 mail-in rebate. The DRX-830U and DRX-S50U are both expected to ship in October for $100 (after $30 rebate) and $130 respectively. Last but not least, the DRX-830UL-T will ship in December for $130 (after $30 rebate). More information, including a list of specs, can be found here. Add a comment
Based on Sony's 12th generation of optical storage technology innovation, the new 830 series of multi-format DVD burners support all of the industry's leading recording formats in just one drive. Enabling the industry's fastest 18X DVD±R recording speed, the 830 burners deliver a full 4.7 GB of video, data, music or images on standard 16X DVD+R media in about five minutes.
The internal DRU-830A drive and external DRX-830U burner come bundled with the new Nero 7 software suite, a feature-rich package for burning, authoring and editing home movies, creating digital scrapbooks and backing up critical data. The external DRX-830UL-T drive is designed for dual Macintosh and Windows platform support. It also includes Roxio Toast 6 Lite software in the box.
For those looking for a space-saving burner to complement their notebook or desktop PCs, Sony's DRX-S50U drive offers all the advantages of a high-speed DVD/CD burner in a slim external design. This drive also comes with the Nero 7 software suite, including DVD authoring, video editing, photo retouch and disc label creation.
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The PX-608U is expected to ship to distributors in North and South America on September 25 with a suggested retail price of $199.99. More information can be found here. Add a comment
Plextor LLC, a leading developer and manufacturer of high-performance digital media equipment, today announced the availability of the PX-608U ultra-portable DVD+/-R/RW CD-R/RW multi-drive. The smallest CD/DVD drive ever to be released by Plextor, the PX-608U measures just 5.43 inches x 6.38 inches x 0.87 inches and weighs less than one pound. The drive is designed for traveling laptop computer users, who can use it as a lightweight, high-capacity, removable storage device.
The PX-608U supports 5X DVD-RAM functionality for removable data storage applications. Unlike other optical media formats, special burning software is not required to write DVD-RAM media on a personal computer. A user simply inserts a blank DVD-RAM disc and the system automatically formats the disc and assigns a drive letter. Users can drag-and-drop files, use the "save as" command, and remove the disc, which can then be read in any PC or desktop player with a drive that supports the DVD-RAM format. The DVD-RAM format offers up to 9.4 GB per double-sided disc.
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Warner's plan is to create a disc with a Blu-ray top layer that works like a two-way mirror. This should reflect just enough blue light for a Blu-ray player to read it okay. But it should also let enough light through for HD-DVD players to ignore the Blu-ray recording and find a second HD-DVD layer beneath.If you'd like to read more, the entire article can be found here. Add a comment
An ordinary DVD recording could be put on the other side, so that conventional DVD players can read the disc as well.
Although the triple-standard disc will cost more to make, it should still be cheaper than pressing three, and shops should be pleased not to have their shelves overloaded with so many different discs.
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If you'd like to read more, Traxdata's entire press release can be found here. Add a comment
Traxdata has today announced the launch of its HD DVD-R media, the eagerly awaited successor to the current DVD. This is the only HD DVD-R that is available to buy online and in-stores today, heralding the start of a new era in optical storage media. It is set to revolutionize the quality and volume of data that users can store on one disc.
For the first time, consumers with HD DVD players/recorders will be able to record and watch their favourite movies, programmes or sporting events that are broadcast in HD, providing improved clarity, image sharpness, colours and sound, opening the door to an exciting new world of entertainment. The HD DVD provides three times the amount of digital storage than a standard single layer DVD, offering a massive 15GB to enable users to literally store hundreds of the highest quality photos, music, videos or data.
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Although several leading global brands have already launched or will soon offer 18x DVD burners, CMC Magnetics and Ritek, Taiwan's top two makers of optical discs, currently produce 18x DVD+R/-R discs only in limited volumes and the supply may fall significantly short of global demand, according to industry sources...The article also points out that due to high prices, 18x media is not expected to become popular until 2007. If you'd like to read more, head on over to DigiTimes. Add a comment
...However, the global supply of 18x DVD+R/-R discs appear to be lagging, the sources pointed out. CMC and Ritek are able to immediately start volume production of 18x DVD+R/-R discs as long as the market demand is large enough, the two companies said.
