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A spokesperson for the company said Thursday that reported leak concerning Taiwan-based consumer electronics manufacturer, Fuh Yuan, partnering with TDK in China to manufacture the $250-299 players, had no merit. The report first appeared in AVS Forums, and was picked up by other Web sites.And no, Walmart has not chosen a side in the battle between Blu-ray and HD DVD. When talking to PC World, the company said that it plans to support both formats, at least until there is a definite winner. If you'd like to read more, the entire article can be found here. Add a comment
"The article… was full of inaccuracies and we had no participation in it," the spokesman said in an e-mail to PC Magazine. "Most of the facts, including the purchase, were untrue," she added. "Not sure how it originated."
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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 Double-Sided 8x DVD+R disc to its comprehensive DVD product line. With an amazing 9.4GB of storage capacity, the advanced, double-sided disc is a cost effective solution for virtually any business or household application. Shipments will begin immediately.Advanced Media's Double-Sided 8x DVD+R media is available now for a suggested retail price of $0.70 per disc. If you'd like to read more, Advanced Media's entire press release can be found here. Add a comment
The double-sided disc is more cost effective for retailers to carry because it reduces shipping costs over traditional single sided DVD+/-R's. It is highly compatible with legacy DVD drives and many newer drives can close the disc as a DVD-ROM solving even more compatibility issues.
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Gigastorage, a second-tier maker of optical discs in Taiwan, on April 23 applied at the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) under the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) to terminate its compulsory license to use CD-R disc patents belonging to Royal Philips Electronics, bringing to an end the long-time dispute between the two companies, according to industry sources.While the move to Thailand will mean lower labor costs and relaxed export laws, Gigastorage will probably still be under pressure from Philips to license the necessary patents. If you'd like to read more, head on over to DigiTimes. Add a comment
Gigastorage has decided to shift its production of CD-R discs to Thailand and the TIPO-granted compulsory license will thus become meaningless, the company pointed out.
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No word on price yet. However, the PX-AV200U is scheduled to ship in May 2007. More information is available on Plextor's website. Add a comment
Transfer analogue footage to DVD easily and cost-effectively - from VHS tapes and footage captured on an analogue camcorder. Plextor's new ConvertX PX-AV200U is a digital video converter with the emphasis on ease of use.
Plextor's ConvertX preserves old and treasured analogue footage by digitising it for posterity. Everything is included to get consumers up and running immediately - simply plug it into a PC via USB, attach the analogue source and let the powerful software do the hard work. It enables editing of digital files, creating Hollywood-style movies including professional transitions and titles, and sharing of CDs, video CDs and DVDs with family and friends.
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Blu-ray Disc has become the first high definition format to sell more than one million discs, a milestone it has achieved in less than a year. Blu-ray Disc sales also accounted for 70 percent of the high-definition movies sold during the first quarter of 2007, according to sales figures published today by Home Media Research.While selling a million discs is a commendable feat, its still a drop in the bucket compared to the number of standard DVD's being sold. If you'd like to read more, the Blu-ray Disc Association's entire press release can be found here. Add a comment
Blu-ray's sales lead has increased each month since the first of the year and nearly three out of every four high-definition movies sold in March were on Blu-ray Disc, according to the HMR sales figures.
Industry projections suggest that this steady growth trend will continue based on the fact that seven of the eight major studios are releasing an increasing number of blockbuster movies on Blu-ray Disc, most of which will only be available in high-definition on Blu-ray Disc. In 2006, 18 of the top 20 selling DVD's were released by studios that are publishing their movies on Blu-ray Disc.
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To give you an idea of what to expect from SecurDisc, I've put together a short article. This article not only gives an overview of the technology, it goes through the process of writing and reading a disc protected by SecurDisc. If you have any comments or questions, please leave them in the forum. Add a comment
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Acoustica Inc. has released Acoustica CD/DVD Label Maker Version 3.08, which adds support for simultaneous multi-drive LightScribe Direct Disc Labeling.Acoustica CD/DVD Label Maker is available now for $21.95. If you'd like to give it a try, a 7-day trial can be downloaded from their website. Otherwise, more information can be found here. Add a comment
Users with multiple LightScribe drives attached to their computers can print multiple copies of LightScribe labels simultaneously, or can now print multiple label designs on different drives concurrently.
Only the number of LightScribe drives attached to a user's computer limits the number of simultaneous LightScribe print jobs. LightScribe (www.lightscribe.com) -- a laser disc labeling technology found in many popular brands of disc burners, laptops and PCs -- gives people the ability to easily burn silkscreen-quality photos, graphics, images and text directly onto discs.
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ImationCorp. (NYSE: IMN) and TDK (NYSE: TDK) announced today that they havereached a definitive agreement under which Imation will acquire TDK brandworld wide recording media business and use of the TDK brand name forrecording media products, for $300 million in a combination of Imationcommon stock and cash with potential for payment of up to an additional $70million based on future financial performance of the acquired business. TDKwill retain its R&D, manufacturing and OEM business. The boards ofdirectors of both companies have approved the transaction.As with Memorex, Imation will continue to supply TDK brand products to the market. TDK will also continue R&D and manufacturing operations for recording media and will supply Imation as well as its other OEM customers. If you'd like to read more, Imation's entire press release can be found here. Add a comment
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Sony Shiroishi Semiconductor Inc. (hereafter Sony Shiroishi), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony Corporation (hereafter Sony), today announced that as of March 2007, cumulative shipments of laser diodes have reached 2 billion units since it started production in 1986.Sony also plans to ship a low cost (~$8) blue-violet laser diode for Blu-ray Disc players in June. If you'd like to read more, the entire press release can be found here. Add a comment
As of April 2007, Sony Shiroishi has also established industry-leading monthly production capacity of 1.7 million blue-violet laser diodes, offering a comprehensive product lineup of blue-violet laser diodes for the wide-ranging needs of external customers as well as for use in Sony products. Furthermore, with Sony Shiroishi scheduled to start mass production of high-power output 240mw diodes from November this year, Sony and Sony Shiroishi will continue to stand at the forefront of the technological development and market for laser diodes going forward.
