PLDS To Start In Europe From May 1st
The earlier announced joint venture between Philips and Lite-On is starting to take shape. The European Commission has cleared under the EU Merger Regulation the...
DVD+RW Alliance Releases DVD+R DL 16x Recording Standard
The DVD+RW Alliance announced today it has released the specifications for 12x/16x DVD+R DL recording. The new v1.2 standard covers the 12x and the 16x...
Matsushita and CMC Magnetics Settle Patent Infringement Claim
Matsushita Electric Industrial and CMC Magnetics Corporation (CMC) jointly announced today the settlement of a patent infringement suit that MEI brought against CMC and two...
DVD Copy Control Association Loses Lagal Case Over DVD Copying
A Superior Court judge ruled Thursday a startup's media server does not violate the CSS DVD protection technology because the standard licensing contract and specifications...
LG Releases New External Super Multi DVD burner
The new GSA-E40N external Super-multi DVD burner by LG currently retails in the European market for 69 euros. The USB 2.0 drive supports 18x writing...
Iomega Announces New Power Pro Desktop Hard Drive
The new Iomega 2TB Power Pro Desktop Hard Drive is powered by four hot-swappable SATA hard drives with hardware-based RAID security features. RAID security options...
Officials Seize 1.64 Million Illegal DVDs In China
On March 17 anti-piracy officials from Chinas National Anti-Piracy and Pornography Office (NAPP) raided a pirated optical disc manufacturing and storage facility in the southern...
Tapematic 2Print Integrates DaTARIUS Inspect System
DaTARIUS and Tapematic announced the integration of the latest generation of the DaTARIUS Ident Code Inspector into Tapematic's new generation of printer - the digital...
CyberLink Supports AVCHD Standard for Disc Playback and Authoring
CyberLink today announced support for the Advanced Video Codec High Definition Standard (AVCHD) for video playback and authoring. CyberLink has already incorporated AVCHD support in...
Panasonic Announces USB-powered Super-multi DVD Burner
Panasonic will release next month the LF-P968C, a new portable DVD Super-multi DVD burner. The drive will be available in the Japanese market and it...
