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Memorex announced today that it will be shipping its first BD-Live capable Blu-ray Disc player early this summer. Along with support for BD-Live, the MVBD-2520 features video frame rates of 24p and 60p as well as Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Digital Plus, and DTS-HD High Resolution Audio decoding and bitstream output. Best of all, the player will be priced at less than $200.
Experience the richer colors and finer details of HD images, and enjoy the crisp, vibrant multi-channel audio content of the Blu-ray Disc format with this sleek, elegant Blu-ray player. In addition to Blu-ray Disc playback, the Memorex MVBD-2520 features advanced offerings like Profile 2.0 or BD-Live for internet access via an Ethernet port. This dramatically enhances a movie viewer’s experience with downloadable extra features, online bonus content and the ability to download firmware updates. In addition, the Memorex MVBD 2520 has the capability to convert standard-definition material to high-definition quality at 480p, 720p, 1080i and 1080p display resolutions. The Memorex MVBD 2520 Blu-ray Disc player is packed with advanced features and functionality, yet is offered at less than $200, representing an outstanding value.
Technical features include video resolution of full HD 1080p and video frame rates of 24p and 60p. Audio playback features include Dolby Digital, Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Digital Plus, DTS, DTS-HD High Resolution Audio decoding and bit stream output, as well as Master Audio bit stream output. The player is compatible with a wide range of audio and video formats including Blu-ray Disc (AV format), DVD-Video, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 AVC (H.264), VC-1, VCD, SVCD, JPEG, BD-ROM,DVD-ROM, DVD-R/-RW, DVD+R/+RW, CD-ROM, and CD-R/-RW, as well as WMA and MP3 files. This player also supports SD Card and USB 2.0.
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To achieve capacities of 2, 4 and 8GB in such an ultra-small, ultra portable form factor, Verbatim Store 'n' Go Micro USB drives feature new system-in-package (SIP) technology. SIP technology encapsulates all of the electronic components into a single miniaturized and sealed unit. As a result, the tiny drives resist water, dust, physical shock, electrostatic discharge (ESD) and are small enough and tough enough to take almost anywhere.
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As more and more families transition to high definition, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (WDSHE) concentrates its efforts on offering consumers unprecedented quality, value and portability in the purchases of their favorite Disney Blu-ray movies with the announcement of its new Blu-ray + DVD Combo Packs.
Disney’s Combo Pack will be extended across an exciting new slate of Disney-branded theatrical and Platinum titles releasing on Blu-ray between February and October of 2009. Some of the upcoming Blu-ray + DVD Combo Pack titles families can look forward to include the teen phenomenon High School Musical 3: Senior Year (February 17), Walt Disney’s animated classic Pinocchio: 70th Anniversary Platinum Edition (March 10) and all those leading up to the highly anticipated release of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Platinum Edition in October.
“These unique Combo Packs provide the opportunity for consumers around the world to take advantage of the quality of Blu-ray with the portability of a DVD disc in a single package,” comments Bob Chapek, President of Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment. “As always, we are committed to offering our consumers exceptional quality and value when purchasing our products.”
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The next-generation SDXC (eXtended Capacity) memory card specification, announced today at the 2009 International CES, dramatically improves consumers' digital lifestyles by providing the portable storage and speed needed to store weeks of high-definition video, years of photo collections and months of music to mobile phones, cameras and camcorders, and other consumer electronic devices. The new SDXC specification provides up to 2 terabytes storage capacity and accelerates SD interface read/write speeds to 104 megabytes per second this year, with a road map to 300 megabytes per second.
The SDXC specification, developed by the SD Association, leapfrogs memory card interface speeds while retaining the world-leading SD interface. Specifications for the open standard will be released in the first quarter of 2009. SDHC, Embedded SD and SDIO specifications will also benefit from the new SD interface speeds.
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Verbatim® Americas, LLC announced today that it has extended its support for Blu-ray Disc (BD) technology and will feature its expanded line of Blu-ray media at Booth #2617 during Macworld this week. In addition to the 2X and 4X BD recordable (BD-R), 2X BD rewritable (BD-RE), 2X and 4X Inkjet printable BD-R and Mini BD-R/BD-RE media, which are available now, Verbatim will showcase five new BD products. Scheduled to begin shipping in the first half of 2009, the new products include 2X BD-R Thermal Hub-printable discs and 6X BD-R discs as well as 2X and 6X Single-sided Dual-layer (DL) BD-R discs. Verbatim 2X BD-R LTH TYPE discs are also scheduled to launch soon.
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Samsung announced today that it has developed a 100GB solid state drive (SSD) for the enterprise market. Thanks to a sophisticated 8-channel controller, improved NAND flash and special drive firmware, this new 2.5-inch SSD is capable of processing IOPS more than ten times faster than the fastest 15K rpm SAS hard drive.
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the world leader in advanced semiconductor technology, announced today at the Storage Visions 2009 Conference here that it has developed a 100 gigabyte (GB) solid state drive for use in servers for applications such as video on demand, streaming media content delivery, internet data centers, virtualization and on-line transaction processing.
As an alternative to traditional 15K rpm hard disk drives (HDDs), the new performance-optimized 100GB Enterprise SSD can process IOPS (input/output per second) more than 10 times faster than the fastest 15K rpm SAS HDD available for transactional data workloads, with a random read speed of 25K and a random write speed of 6K. The new drive can process as much as 100 times the number of IOPS per watt as a 15K rpm 2.5-inch SAS HDD in applications where higher performance and lower power consumption are both needed.
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Lexar Media, a leading global provider of memory products for digital media, today expanded its popular family of JumpDrive® USB flash drives with the introduction of its JumpDrive TwistTurn and JumpDrive Retrax flash drives- two new USB storage solutions that feature innovative, stylish designs and are geared to meet the demands of today's budget-conscious consumers.
Both the Lexar® JumpDrive TwistTurn and JumpDrive Retrax USB flash drives feature innovative designs based, respectively, on rotating and retracting mechanisms that eliminate the need for caps to cover the USB connectors. JumpDrive TwistTurn and JumpDrive Retrax flash drives come in a variety of attractive colors, allowing customers to choose the color best suited to his or her personal taste. These new additions to the Lexar JumpDrive line are available in a range of large capacities up to 32GB, allowing users to quickly and easily store photo, music, video, and data files.
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“The growing popularity for high-definition video and audio in the market has raised consumers’ expectations towards the movie playback experience,” said Alice H. Chang, CEO of CyberLink. “CyberLink has developed advanced technologies that will boost standard-definition DVD video and audio quality to achieve superior results, allowing users to enjoy high-definition right now."
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Toshiba announced today that it has expanded its line of portable external hard drives to include a 500GB model. Like previous versions, this postcard sized hard drive is protected by an internal shock sensor and ramp-loading technology and can be powered off a computer's USB bus.
Toshiba Storage Device Division (SDD), the industry pioneer in small form factor hard disk drives (HDDs), today introduced a half-terabyte model to its personal storage line, providing consumers with a high-capacity warehouse and easy-to-use data backup solution for personal digital files, music libraries, home videos and other digital memories.
The new 500GB Toshiba USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive comes with a glossy black finish and frost white contemporary graphics that will appeal to consumers looking for the latest must-haves in personal electronics for their home office or study -- or to throw in their backpacks and travel cases, thanks to easy portability. An added bonus for home use is the new 500GB model's ultra-quiet operation, with improved acoustics in the hard drive.
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SanDisk Corporation today unveiled its next-generation of flash memory-based solid-state drives (SSD) to support the evolving needs of designers, manufacturers and users in the exploding netbook market - SanDisk® pSSD™. The new SanDisk pSSD-P2 and SanDisk pSSD-S2 SSDs have capacity and performance for more full-featured netbooks which require a robust operating system.
Designed as drop-in replacements for hard-disk drives (HDDs), SanDisk’s new second generation module has a SATA interface to meet new netbook design requirements. The SATA interface offers a significant boost in performance rendering these SSDs faster than HDDs in critical aspects. Booting and launching applications takes just half the time of an HDD.
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