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Plextor F.A.Q section updated
Plextor Europe updated its F.A.Q section and solves PlexTools conflicts with NVDIA chipset systems. Q:When running PlexTools on a system... -
Sony to release handheld game player
The electronics giant, whose PlayStation 2 games console has outsold rivals from Microsoft and Nintendo 3-to-1, announced plans Tuesday for... -
San Francisco court considers legality of backup DVD Copies
On Thursday, May 15, a federal court will consider the legality of software that enables backup copying of digital video... -
Sony develops monolithic dual-wavelength laser applicable to recordable DVD units
Sony has developed a monolithic dual-wavelength laser applicable to writing both a CD-R/RW and a recordable DVD disc. Sony claims... -
Macrovision announces SafeDisc copy protection for DVD-ROM
Macrovision, the leading provider of copy protection and digital rights management (“DRM”) technologies, today unveiled its new DVD version of... -
Philips releases DVD-Video Verifier v1.5.0
The DVD-Video Verifier, designed to run on a selected Windows platforms is specially constructed to simplify the release procedures for... -
Philips and Sony release the “Non-Standard Multi-Session CD-Audio Disc Patent License Agreement”.
Philips and Sony have created a license program for a new type of optical disc, under a new license agreement,... -
Test Discs for DVD players released
German testing and measurement firm Rohde & Schwarz introduced at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) convention here last month... -
Macrovision awarded CD Copy Protection patent in Japan
Macrovision, the leading developer and supplier of copy protection, electronic licensing and digital rights management (“DRM”) technologies, announced that it... -
Verbatim announces dual format DVD recorder
Verbatim Corporation and Peripherals Group, Inc., the exclusive licensee of the Verbatim brand for optical hardware products and subsidiary of... -
Ulead DVD Workshop to support AC-3 and to include auto-run player
Ulead Systems announced that Ulead® DVD Workshop™, Ulead's advanced DVD authoring software, will soon support Dolby® AC-3 audio files so... -
Waitec announces new DVD Home player with DivX support
Waitec announced a new DVD Home player with DivX support. The DVD-X4 was demonstarted at CeBIT this year and supports... -
Philips released High Capacity Recordable Disc system, Version 1.0
Philips released a new document describing High Capacity Recordable discs with a maximum single session time of 98 minutes, 29... -
Ricoh to supply DVD+RW loaders to Taiwanese manufacturers
According to DigiTimes, Ricoh Japan has seen an improved yield rate on its DVD+RW loader production and will start shipments... -
Sony upgrades to 4x DVD+RW writing with the new DRU-510A
Sony introduced two new Dual RW drives that support 4X DVD+RW recording. Sony's next-generation Dual RW drives, the internal DRU-510A... -
Toshiba develops 36GB advanced optical disc
Toshiba Corp. has developed a dual-layer rewritable optical disc for use with the blue-laser-based Advanced Optical Disc (AOD) format that... -
Primera doubles the disc capacity for its BravoT Disc Publisher
Primera Technology, is now shipping its Kiosk Mode Kit for the Bravo Disc Publisher. The Kiosk Mode Kit allows users... -
Longhorn to support all recordable DVD formats
Microsoft said it will act as a neutral arbiter in the ongoing battle between the competing recordable DVD standards, supporting... -
Taiwanese manufacturers to develop MPEG-2 encoding solutions
Following in the steps of Cirrus Logic, ESS Technology and LSI Logic, Taiwanese IC design houses are expected to launch... -
Microsoft and Panasonic announce new industry support for HighMAT and inclusion of recordable DVD formats into specification
Microsoft and Matsushita Electric Industrial (Panasonic) announced they are expanding the HighMAT(TM) specifications to support all major writable DVD media...
