Movie studios begin renting films on the Internet
The anticipated online movies-on-demand venture formed by five major Hollywood studios was launched Monday, marking the first time a large supply of recent, popular films...
Mediatek may capture one-third of combo drive chipset market next year
If CD-RW/DVD-ROM optical combo drive makers Quanta Storage and Lite-On IT achieve their shipment targets next year, Taiwan-based Mediatek could capture one-third of the combo...
ALi to fall short of 2002 revenue target
Affected by the delayed launch of its DVD player single chips, ALi Corporation (formerly Acer Laboratories) is expected to achieve only 80-90% of its full-year...
CIS Technology announces new 24X re-write speed models of Arrgo 52X CDRW drive
The Arrgo 52X CDRW utilizes multiple writing strategy (PCAV and CLV) and CAV reading strategy to significantly shorten recording time and achieve higher average recording...
Recordable DVD ISV Meeting at Comdex
The ISV Meeting is open to all interested parties. Attendees will also receive a comprehensive proceedings binder of sessions, technology and applications reports and current...
Forum sets course for blue-laser DVD standard
The DVD Forum will use the 0.6-mm bonded disk proposed by NEC Corp. and Toshiba Corp. as the basis of its next-generation DVD standard utilizing...
Ultra-high resolution DVDs are unprotected
New ultra-high resolution DVD movies have been released in Europe without a key form of copy protection technology, New Scientist has learned. The disks could...
Cinram pays RIAA $10M for infringement claims
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) announced the settlement of claims involving the replication of CDs by Cinram International Inc. that allegedly infringed copyrights...
DVD Forum adopts Toshiba-NEC format for new DVDs
The DVD Forum, a multinational industry association that promotes DVD-format specifications worldwide, has decided to adopt a new format created jointly by Toshiba Corp and...
"SilentTek!"- An innovative noise reduction technology introduced by AOpen
Not directly a CD-R related subject but may interest some users "...Have you ever had the experience of being bombarded by the enormous noises from...
