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CMC Magnetics, Ritek, Prodisc Technology and Daxon Technology, four major Taiwan-based producers of blank CD-R discs, are poised to jointly file legal proceedings in Taiwan to accuse Royal Philips Electronics of imposing its unreasonable and discriminating Veeza licensing program upon them, according to a press release issued on September 3 by the Taiwan Information Storage Association (TISA) on behalf of the four companies.According to DigiTimes, the four companies are asking Philips to return paid royalty fees in excess of reasonable amounts and compensate them for lost business due to the discrimination of Veeza licensing. If you'd like to read more, the entire article can be found here. Add a comment
The four companies' key argument in the lawsuit is that Veeza's high royalty charge rates have severely limited the companies' ability to operate in the market for blank CD-R discs and that the licensing system discriminates against them because Philips has been unable to subject India-based maker Moser Baer India (MBI) and fellow makers in China to Veeza, TISA secretary general Tzuang-ren Jeng pointed out.
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Mitsubishi has not announced a price. However, AV Watch expects the discs to cost about 1,000 Yen ($8.60US). 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 heavily virtue), postscript type DVD for the mastering and Green Tune we sell DVD-R in the middle of October. As for Green Tune DVD-R, for the music production of the professional, it is the disk which reproduces the highest sound quality...
...As for the largest point, in the reflected membrane the high sound quality it is to adopt the pure gold reflected membrane which actualizes high endurance. The transparent impression and the depth impression of sound were actualized not only, long-term conservation (long-lived) the improvement it could point the pure gold reflected membrane. In addition, the AZO pigment where the reliability which this corporation developed is high was adopted to the record aspect. Furthermore, also the high accuracy formation technical which is applied to the next generation disk of royal purple laser correspondence has contributed to disk quality improvement largely.
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The BR1000 is intended to target users who just want to enjoy high-definition (HD) BD movie discs, the company pointed out. In terms of price, a BR1000 in combination with a DVD burner is significantly less expensive than a BD Combo drive such as the Pioneer BDC-S02 which sells at US$299. In addition, the after-sale maintenance costs for a BD Combo are higher, Qisda noted. Qisda will not consider offering BD Combo drive models, the company indicated.According to Qisda's press release, the BR1000 and BW1001 are priced at 1,699 Yuan ($225US) and 4,999 Yuan ($663US) respectively. More information can also be found at DigiTimes. Add a comment
BW1001 supports writing in the following formats and speeds: 4x BD-R (recordable, write once), 2x BD-RE (rewritable), 12x DVD+R/-R, 4x DVD+R/-R DL (single-sided double-layer), 8x DVD+RW/-RW, 32x CD-R and 24x CD-RW.
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Ritek, the second largest Taiwan-based producer of blank optical discs, has obtained OEM orders for blank 2x HD DVD-R (recordable, write once) discs from Toshiba, with shipments to begin in the third quarter of 2007, according to the Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) newspaper.If you'd like to read more, head on over to DigiTimes. Add a comment
Ritek confirmed receiving orders for HD DVD-R discs but declined to disclose any information due to a non-disclosure agreement, the EDN pointed out.
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Like ASUS's other drives, the DRW-2014L1T also features their QuieTrack, FlextraLink and FlextraSpeed technologies. No word yet on when the drive will hit the US or how much it will be. As we find out more, we'll let you know. Until then, head on over to ASUS's website. Add a comment
ASUS, provider of high-performance optical drives, today introduced the DRW-2014 L1T internal DVD rewriter with LightScribe direct disc labeling technology. This innovative DVD RW drive provides a high speed of 20X DVD±R write, 8X DVD±R (DL) and 14X DVD-RAM reading capabilities. In addition, users can expect to enjoy five times faster data transfer rates than the current DMA33 standards with the SATA interface...
...Besides boasting an exceedingly fast speed of 20X for DVDs, the innovative LightScribe technology is also able to provide users with customized disc labeling. The LightScribe technology is comprised of three parts: the DRW-2014 L1T Drive, LightScribe-compatible colored discs and LightScribe enabled burning software. After the data has been burnt onto the disc, users only have to flip the disc over to write the graphic and text on the label side - providing professional-grade labels.
