Matsushita finds defects in new DVD recorder!
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co has found defects in a new DVD recorder put on the market Aug 1 but failed to immediately make an announcement...
EngelMedia presents two new copying formats (XMD/DPM)
EngelMedia today posted a news post about two new copying formats called XMD and DPM that will help users to back protected discs, which so...
Ritek revises financial forecast, expects loss this year...
Ritek, citing gigantic exchange rate-linked charges and tighter margins in compact discs, said it will post a loss instead of a profit this year. The...
DVD region codes may be abandoned!
Hollywood fixed the DVD market so films could only be played in the region they were purchased. But viewers got round it with "cheat codes"...
Plasmon announces support of double-sided DVD-R media in automated libraries
Plasmon, a leading manufacturer of the widest range of automated data storage libraries, announced support for double-sided DVD-Recordable media in its D-Series DVD/CD libraries. Use...
Double side 240min. recordable media sold from Hitachi Maxell starting Aug. 26.
Hitachi Maxell will start selling 240min recordable media from August 26th in the Japan area. There are two types of media: a) double sided DVD-R...
Cross-strait alliance formed to develop Enhanced Versatile Disc technology
An alliance for the development of enhanced versatile disc (EVD) technology is reported to have been formed between Taiwan and China businesses. The alliance is...
Quanta Storage to challenge combo CD-RW market in three years
Quanta Computer Inc. CEO Barry Lam gave a presentation on Aug. 14 to introduce the listing plan of Quanta Computer's affiliate Quanta Storage Inc. to...
Sanyo bets on Blue Lasers to boost storage
Sanyo Electric plans to start mass production of blue lasers for data replay devices such as DVD players, in April 2003. Blue laser beams have...
China downplays new format's challenge to DVD
Brushing off claims that it is trying to avoid royalty payments to U.S., Japanese and European companies, a Chinese government-backed research concern developing next-generation video-disk...
