Korean label protects its CDs with new copy protection technology
Korean copy protection company Settec announced in a news conference today that music albums in Korea would now be protected with their latest technology called...
DVD player contract prices for new Xbox machines may drop by 30%
Taiwanese DVD-ROM makers are eyeing outsourcing opportunities as Microsoft is planning the launch of second-generation Xbox game consoles this summer. The new game machine’s cut-rate...
Asus announced CRW-4816A (48/16/48), CAV recorder!
Asus announced the new CRW-4816A recorder, which supports 48x writing, 16x rewriting and 48x reading speeds. The ASUS CRW-4816A delivers cutting edge CD-RW performance with...
New "Pro 24" CD Duplicator From Alera Technologies With FireWire For PC Or Mac
Alera Technologies unveils its new CD Copy Cruiser Pro 24(tm), a 24x stand alone, desktop, one to one CD duplicator. The CD Copy Cruiser Pro...
BenQ announces CRW4816P (481648), using CAV recording technology!
BenQ, previously Acer Communications & Multimedia, brings one of the world’s fastest CD-RW’s to the market. The 48X CD-ReWriter, BenQ CRW4816P is one of the...
DVD makers mulling 4% patent royalty with China
Six Japanese and U.S. companies with DVD-related patents are negotiating with Chinese makers to charge about 4% of the price of a DVD player as...
Elantec introduces a new Laser driver with high output
Elantec Semiconductor announced a new high speed laser driver IC designed specifically to enable optical disk drive manufacturers to meet the demand for faster CD-R/RW...
40x CD-R media now being shipped by Verbatim
Verbatim are now shipping 40x CD-Recordable media which can burn a full 700MB in 3 minutes (actual time varies on drive and PC configuration). This...
Slip in DVD-ROM pick-up head prices drag DVD-ROM contract prices to under $40
The price of pick-up heads (PUHs) used in DVD-ROM drives has slipped to a historic low of US$8, dragging per-unit DVD-ROM drive contract prices to...
CD-R disc makers are not planning to increase contract prices
Taiwan’s CD-R disc manufacturers, though suffering from surging raw material costs this year, said they are not planning to lift prices immediately but will likely...
