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Gome, China's largest consumer electronics retail chain, has been actively promoting the sale of players of EVD (enhanced versatile disc), a China-developed DVD format, but sales have been slow due to relatively high prices, according to industry sources in Taiwan.With Hollywood putting their support behind Blu-ray and HD-DVD, I'd be very surprised to see any major releases on EVD format. If you'd like to read more, head on over to DigiTimes. Add a comment
Although retail prices of EVD players have been lowered from 1,000 yuan (US$128) to below 700 yuan (US$89), they are still much higher than the 200-300 yuan for a DVD player, the sources pointed out. In addition, there is limited availability of EVD titles, which are all produced by studios in China, since EVD has not gained support from Hollywood movie studios, the sources indicated.
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To kick off the new year, Slysoft also has a promotion going where you can save $5 off the cost of a single license. This can also be applied to their bundles, letting you save up to $20. Simply enter the coupon code "vista" at the bottom of the check out form. This promotion ends on January 17th, 2006. Add a comment
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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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Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE:PHG, AEX:PHI) today announced an agreement to sell the manufacturing operations of the Philips Automotive Playback Modules (APM) business to Lite-On IT Corporation of Taiwan for an undisclosed amount. The remaining APM operations will be transferred to a joint-venture between the two companies, which will operate under the name Philips & Lite-On Digital Solutions, or PLDS.According to the press release, PLBS will develop, market and sell products to store digital information such as DVD burners and optical drives for the automotive market. More information can be found here. Add a comment
APM is a leading developer, manufacturer and supplier of CD and DVD playback modules to suppliers of automotive entertainment systems. The manufacturing operations that will be sold to Lite-On IT are mainly located in Györ, Hungary. The activities that will be transferred to PLDS include research & development, marketing & sales and product management activities, which are primarily located in Wetzlar, Germany.
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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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If you'd like to check it out, Backup HDDVD can be downloaded here. Feel free to leave your comments in our forum.
-What is "Backup HDDVD" for?
It can do backup copies of HD DVD movies that YOU OWN! I don't want anyone to do piracy here! This software is a good way to protect your investment, because I have notice that this type of media seems very fragile, if it's scratched a little or dirty, it won't play. It seems less tolerent than DVD format. (Higher density!)
-What "Backup HDDVD" is doing exactly?
This is a java based command line utility that decrypt video files (.evo) from a HD DVD disk that you own, to your hard drive and you can play them back with a HD DVD player software.
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CyberLink Corp. (5203.TW), a world leader in digital home solutions, today announced movie playback software CyberLink PowerDVD, video editing software PowerDirector, and data burning software Power2Go, are certified for Windows Vista.Vista certified versions of PowerDVD, PowerDirector and Power2Go will be available online in January of 2007. More information can be found on CyberLink's website. Add a comment
"CyberLink PowerDVD, PowerDirector, and Power2Go are ready for the transition to Windows Vista, allowing users continue to enjoy the quality and performance they have come to expect from these leading applications," said Alice H. Chang, CEO of CyberLink. "By completing the certification process for Windows Vista, we ensure that our customers and partners can enjoy consistent performance on the new operating system."
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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.
