Hitachi (Maxell) and Mitubishi Chemicals tie on optical media
Hitachi Maxell Ltd , a maker of magnetic tape, Mitsubishi Chemical Corp and Mitsubishi Chemical Media Co Ltd said on Tuesday they would team up...
Matsushita Electric Develops Advanced Two-LSI MPEG-2 Encoder Chipset
Matsushita Electric Industrial today announced they have developed an MPEG-2 encoder chipset that uses only two LSIs -- the MN673794 for digital conversions and the...
Japan's JVC starts making DVD players in Europe
JVC said on Friday it started producing digital versatile disk (DVD) players in Europe as a step to obtain a 10 percent share in the...
Group preps protocols for 1394-based 'hybrid' storage
A National Committee on Information Technology Standards (NCITS) working group is pursuing a new protocol standard for the IEEE 1394 bus in a bid to...
Image Power Introduces mVideoTV the First Motion JPEG2000 Video Technology
Image Power announced today mVideoTV the worlds first Motion JPEG2000 video streaming technology for real time and pre-recorded video content delivery. mVideoTV technology produces encoded...
PowerQuest adds support for Panasonic DVD-RAM/R Drive with special version of Drive Image Pro
Panasonic and PowerQuest jointly announced today a custom version of PowerQuest's Drive Image Pro that supports the DVD-RAM capabilities of Panasonic's new 4.7/9.4GB combination DVD-RAM/R...
DVD-Video Signals Sunset For VHS Movies
DVD owners purchased more than 20 movie disks during 2000. The average VCR owner purchased fewer than 10 that year, according to the latest study...
Dell Joins DVD+RW Alliance
The DVD+RW Alliance, a group of companies committed to the benefits of the DVD+RW format, today announced the addition of Dell to its ranks. The...
Panasonic Shipping DVDBurner, Industry's First Combination DVD-RAM/R Drive
Panasonic announced today that it has begun shipping to its OEM customers the industry's first combination DVD-RAM/R drive and will demonstrate the drive at the...
Verbatim Expands Lead in DVD Media Offerings with 4.7GB DVD+RW Discs
Verbatim Corporation announced today that it will be shipping DataLifePlus 4.7GB DVD+RW media in the Fall of this year. Delivery of the new discs will...
