BenQ unveils external 16x DVD Dual burner model EW1621
According to DigiTimes, BenQ on September 3 debuted the EW1621, its first external 16x DVD Dual burner, catering to end-users who seek the fastest-available DVD...
Sanyo Emerges as Third HD-DVD Standards Promoter, Players Set for Fall of 2005
Sanyo Electric Co, Ltd announced a plan to release players that support the High Definition (HD) DVD standards in the fall of 2005. The company...
Addonics 4-Slot UDD Reads/Writes to 4 PCMCIA Hard Drives
Addonics Technologies has combined 4 full size PCMCIA slots into a mini, stylish and high performance 4-slot external reader/writer that allows users to simultaneously transfer...
Tough Times Ahead for CD-R/DVD-R Drive and Media Producers
Its not easy being a manufacturer of recordable optical drives and media these days.
Of course, no one ever said that it would be, and...
NU announces DDW-163 Ultimate 16x16 DVD Dual Burner
Nu, a leading brand of hi-end optical devices, today released DDW-163, the World's fastest DVD writer supporting both 16X DVD Writing and 2.4X DVD R...
Lite-On IT on track to ship 45 million optical drives this year
Lite-On IT shipped 21 million optical drives in the first half of this year and the company is confident it will attain its shipment goal...
BenQ aims to be world's third largest optical drive maker in 2005
BenQ expects to increase its production of notebook-use slim optical disc drives by next year and become the world's third largest producer of optical drives...
Imation's New 16x DVD+R Media Kicks Recording Time into High Gear
Imation Corp (NYSE: IMN), a worldwide leader in removable data storage media, today announced the addition of 4.7GB 16x DVD+R discs to its broad portfolio...
Blu-ray Disc BD-ROM Specification Adds MPEG-4 AVC High Profile Video Codec
The Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) has added the video codec MPEG-4 AVC High Profile to the Blu-ray Disc BD-ROM specification. "With the addition of the...
Blu-ray Disc BD-ROM Specification Adds Microsoft's VC-1 Advanced Video Codec
The Blu-ray Disc Association and Microsoft have agreed to include the VC-1 advanced compression video codec, the proposed SMPTE standard based on Windows Media Video...
