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July 28th, 2005

Verbatim announces plans for HD-DVD and Blu-ray

Verbatim plays is safe at least at this point of the next gen format war. And of course as a media manufacturer they have to, as long as the situation remains balanced and neither of the formats dominate the industry. A smooth change of the format generation is vital for companies like Verbatim that hold a major market share and have plenty of brand recognition

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July 27th, 2005

High Speed RIDATA-Brand Memory Card Provides Outstanding Read/Write Performance

Advanced Media, Inc., manufacturer and marketer of the popular RIDATA brand of recordable CD and DVD media, electronic storage products, and digital media accessories, has added a fast 150x Secure Digital card to its RIDATA brand of flash-memory products. It is the one of the fastest SD cards available anywhere. It is specifically engineered to meet the high-security capacity, performance, and environmental requirements inherent in emerging image, video, and audio consumer electronics devices. Read the rest of this entry »

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High Definition DVD Authoring?

As both HD-DVD and Blu-Ray technologies continue to emerge, the need for authoring of high definition video content intensifies. Until recently, setting up a HD authoring facility required the use of limited and specialized hardware-based equipment. Now, things are slowly changing, as the first software HD authoring packages appear. Read the rest of this entry »

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July 26th, 2005

DVD-RAM Revisited

Today’s DVD burner market has been saturated with so many formats it makes the VHS versus Betamax war seem like a frolic in the park. Currently, the market is supporting DVD -R/RW recorders, DVD +R/RW recorders, DVD -R/+/RW recorders, DVD +R DL media recorders, and DVD -RAM recorders. When DVD recorders first came out, the recorders burned to the DVD -RAM format. By far the oldest format on the market, it had been relegated to archiving solutions at best as system and OEM manufacturers went with first the DVD -R format, and then the DVD +R format. Today, most DVD recorders on the market support either the DVD -R/RW or DVD +R/RW format. Many support both formats. Dual support occurred in part to alleviate some of the confusion brought to the consumer by the manufacturers in their quest to determine which format was the best format for consumer needs. DVD -RAM was just not marketed to compete with these other formats, and in the meantime, the DVD +R DL 8.5GB formats hit the market, further bringing confusion to the marketplace. Read the rest of this entry »

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July 25th, 2005

DVD burners: First update firmware

Before using a newly-installed DVD burner, update the device’s firmware. That’s the advice of German-based technology magazine ComputerFoto, published in Germany. Read the rest of this entry »

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July 23rd, 2005

CyberLink Releases InterActual Pack for PowerDVD 6

CyberLink announced that it has released the InterActual Pack for its popular Windows-based DVD player software CyberLink PowerDVD 6. Read the rest of this entry »

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July 21st, 2005

MKM Launches DVD+R/CD-R Discs for LightScribe

Mitsubishi Kagaku Media Co., Ltd. announced the early August launch of a LightScribe disc (DVD+R, CD-R) developed specifically for HP LightScribe system. Read the rest of this entry »

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July 20th, 2005

Taiyo Yuden Offers New Packaging for That’s CD-R and DVD-R Media

Taiyo Yuden announced the sale of the second-generation version of its popular “Raku-Raku Storage Series,” a storage box for packaging the company’s “That’s” brand products that features improved search capability and portability. Read the rest of this entry »

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NEC Boosts DVD-RAM Recording Speeds with the ND-4550A

The forthcoming Super Multi-format DVD burner by NEC, will support an industry first 16x recording speed for DVD-RAM. The ND-4550A is scheduled to hit shelves this September. Read the rest of this entry »

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July 14th, 2005

Survey: Blu-ray Format More Familiar to Consumers

An early poll suggests that as the battle between Blu-ray Disc and HD-DVD heats up, consumers prefer Blu-ray Disc as their format of choice. Read the rest of this entry »

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