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Toshiba’s Digital Products Division (DPD), a division of Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., today announced the availability of the Qosmio G45-AV680, a cutting-edge audio-video notebook computer with Dolby surround sound technology and the first U.S. model to feature an HD DVD-R optical drive and full 1080p playback resolution.The Qosmio G45-AV680 also comes equipped with a 2.0GHz Intel Core Duo processor, 17-inch widescreen LCD, GeForce 8600GT graphics card and dual 160GB hard drives, resulting in an estimated price of about $3200. More information, including a full list of specs, can be found here. Add a comment
As the first U.S. notebook computer with an HD DVD-R optical drive, the Qosmio notebook provides users with a state-of-the-art multimedia machine that can burn up to 30 GB of data, including home-videos, entire photo albums and music libraries onto a single HD DVD recordable disc. In addition to storage capacity, the HD DVD-R optical drive also plays HD DVD movies at a resolution six times sharper than the DVD format.
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Tech-On! reports that Ricoh's optical device can only be applied to read-only applications. However, the company is continuing development, hoping to push prices below $1. If you'd like to read more, the entire article can be found here. Add a comment
When used in the optical system of the optical head in an optical disc drive, the device can eliminate the need of so-called two lens setup in which two lenses are provided for use with CD/DVD and the next-generation DVD such as Blu-ray Disc or HD DVD.
The company said that, while MFCP is required to be added, the number of optical parts in the entire optical head may be decreased compared with the case of the two lens setup, thereby reducing the size of the optical system of the optical head.
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Joint venture company Philips & Lite-On Digital Solutions has announced plans to cut the price of its internal Lite-On Blu-ray Disc Drive LH-2B1S in Europe.Europe isn't the only place seeing price cuts. Here in the US, we've already seen the LH-2B1S go for less than $300. The Taiwanese market has also experienced a 20% price drop. However, due to the price of media, drive sales are still very slow. Add a comment
The company said that the move was prompted by the greater availability of Blu-ray lasers.
Lite-On launched its LH-2B1S in November 2006, but due to an early global shortage of the actual Blu-ray lasers, prices of Blu-ray writers remained high relative to alternative systems and pricing had not moved since these were introduced.
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No word on price or availability. If you'd like to read more, Mitsubishi's entire press release can be found here. Add a comment
Mitsubishi chemical media corporation (head office: The tokyo Minato-ku, president: Otsuka it is heavy virtue and below “MKM”), the Braille attachment CD-R which can grasp the letter of the disk surface with feeling (postscript type) we sell the disk in this year 8 end of the month. Besides the fact that the Braille convex (with densely) by the fact that letter is printed on the disk surface, standard and capacity etc of the disk can be read, the identification of the inside and outside becomes easy.
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Sony's new DVDirect is expected to ship in August for a suggested retail price of $230. Full details can be found here. Add a comment
Sony Electronics today debuted its next-generation multi-function DVDirect DVD recorder which can quickly transfer high-definition home videos and digital photos to DVD discs without using a computer.
The new VRD-MC5 model can now transfer AVCHD quality videos to DVD discs in their native 1080i HD resolution when connected directly to a Sony hard drive or Memory Stick Handycam camcorder. The resulting DVD can be played back on compatible Blu-ray Disc devices, including players and computer drives as well as PlayStation 3 (PS3) computer entertainment systems.
The VRD-MC5 recorder can also transfer standard-definition home videos to DVD without the complexity of using a computer from virtually any camcorder, VCR or digital video recorder. The new model includes Digital Video (i.LINK/FireWire/IEEE-1394), S-Video, Composite Video inputs, and USB (for Sony hard drive, DVD, and Memory Stick Handycam camcorders). DVD video discs recorded in this manner are playable in most consumer DVD players.
