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US jury sets landmark $136 mln award in piracy case
In what the recording industry called the largest judgement ever in a U.S. copyright case, a federal jury in Los... -
Toshiba, NEC enter next-gen DVD format fray...
The DVD industry is no stranger to significant infighting over formats, with manufacturers supporting one of two rival standards, DVD-R/RW... -
Sony to launch multiformat DVD drive!
Sony will introduce a DVD drive for personal computers that supports both competing formats, DVD-R/RW and DVD+R/RW. The move represents... -
Do all Plexwriters come with a 2-year warranty period?
This is the question that Plextor Europe answered today in their website "...The Plextor recorders distributed by Plextor Europe are... -
FREECOM FX-1 - 40x HI-SPEED VIA USB 2.0
Freecom announced today a new High-speed external recorder: "...With the new FX-1 40x12x40 Freecom updates the speed of the stylish... -
Sony set to unveil multi-format DVD drive supporting both DVD
Sony plans to unveil a DVD drive for personal computers that supports both of the battling formats, DVD-R/RW and DVD+R/RW,... -
DVD recorders likely to top VCRs in shipments
Demand for DVD recorders is growing rapidly in Japan, with shipments likely to surpass those of VCRs this fiscal year,... -
DVD standard seen challenging Sony!
Toshiba and NEC have drawn up a new standard for the next-generation optical discs, in a move seen as a... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
TDK chooses Sonic MyDVD and CinePlayer
Sonic Solutions today announced that TDK Recording Media is bundling Sonic(TM) MyDVD® and Sonic CinePlayer(TM) with their new double-speed DVD-R/RW... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
VOB releases InstantCD/DVD 6.5
VOB Computersysteme GmbH, a major worldwide developer of software products for CD and DVD recording, has announced a new release... -
Pioneer to convert its production business of optical discs to plasma displays
Pioneer Corporation has announced that it decided to cease the current mass production business of optical discs such as DVDs,...