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The iHAS524 DVD writer is Lite-On's first optical scribing drive that features the LabelTag technology. But we will get to that later. The product was announced earlier this year, namely in spring, but only now, nearing the winter holidays, does it finally reach the European market segment. The product is design... |
24 November 2009
06:46 GMT |
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Global leader in the field of optical storage, Lite-On introduced its new external DVD burner, the eHAU424. Featuring a high write speed of 24x for DVD, this optical storage unit combines the regular capabilities of everyday optical drives with a couple of supplementary technologies aimed at increasing usability. Li... |
19 November 2009
06:51 GMT |
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Stating today, October 20th, Digiarty Software, the developer of a sum of applications bent on video manipulation, is offering the latest version of its DVD authoring tool for free. Even with Blu-ray gaining more and more turf and DVD standard slowly falling into oblivion, there is still demand on the market for apps... |
20 October 2009
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In a clear bid to capitalize as much as possible on the hype around “New Moon,” the second installment in “The Twilight Saga,” Revolver announced the other day it would release a Robert Pattinson documentary in November. Now, the first trailer for “Robsessed,” the production in que... |
9 October 2009
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Robert Pattinson fans have more surprises waiting for them in November than just the release of the second “Twilight” film, “New Moon.” Customers in the US and the UK will also get, roughly on the same date with the vampire flick, a brand-new documentary on the whole Pattinson phenomenon, aptl... |
7 October 2009
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Ever since its launch, iPhone has turned into the new hype. Everybody on the Internet talked about it, Apple fans (and not only) were hysteric about it. Although all the sensation toned down a notch with the release of iPhone 2, the appeal of the device was still a craving desire for many. One of the abilities of th... |
16 July 2009
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Millions of fans were left heart-broken and bitterly disappointed by the way in which the four-year “Prison Break” series ended a couple of weeks ago, but perhaps they should not rush to forget about the show that literally wrote the book on prison-themed series. On July 21, a special DVD edition, “... |
26 May 2009
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iSkysoft has announced a beta release of DVD-Library for Mac, the software application that enables users to build their own DVD libraries, as well as back up, convert, share and playback their favorite DVDs. iSkysoft points out that DVD-Library for Mac Beta is “a legal DVD-backup application for Mac OS X,&rdq... |
25 May 2009
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As humanity advances, the need for increased storage solutions becomes a critical issue, giving researchers something to work on. However, according to a recently published article by researchers at the Swinburne University of Technology in Australia, today's DVDs could soon be replaced by “five-dimensiona... |
21 May 2009
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“Powder Blue,” the heart-wrenching story of an exotic dancer with a heart, as it’s been described in the media, has just received the fatal blow of being labeled by movie critics not only an utter waste of time, but also a painful one while we’re at it. Starring Jessica Biel, Ray Liotta, Fores... |
18 May 2009
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Considering that a myriad of small devices have invaded the market with the sole purpose of offering video-watching and music-listening alternatives for those on the go, DVD ripping is far from being considered a lost art. In fact, the companies developing such software have specialized and adapted their applications... |
8 May 2009
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Scarlett Johansson, while admittedly one of the best actresses of our times, has had little luck with crossing over to directing so far. A segment of the movie/series “New York, I Love You” that she personally directed will go straight to DVD because it is not commercially viable, Wenn reports, via Hollyw... |
4 May 2009
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Back in her “Seventh Heaven” days and even long after that, Jessica Biel was one of the most sought after actresses of her generation. Combining charm with talent and a certain lovability about her, she was usually the first choice for many studios for the female lead, with thousands of fans crowding in f... |
28 April 2009
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Lindsay Lohan has often blamed the media and the excessive coverage she’s getting for her personal life for the fact that she no longer receives movie offers that would make the most of her acting talent. Were she to speak the truth, the fact that her latest movie, “Labor Pains,” might see a straigh... |
27 March 2009
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Media Control GfK International, a market research firm, has released data suggesting that the revenue derived from the sales of videogames exceeded the revenue obtained from the sales of movies on DVD and Blu-ray discs during the course of 2008.It seems that the company is tracking something it calls “packaged... |
27 January 2009
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Among the new updates available from Apple today is iDVD 7.0.3. Part of the iLife suite, iDVD lets you create professional DVDs using animated menus, buttons, scene selection, and more, all customizable. The update you are about to download is free and is aimed at users of Mac OS X 10.4.11 and Mac OS X 10.5.6 or late... |
27 January 2009
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Although blu-ray discs are just starting to get a hold of the market, having won the battle with the HD DVD data format, they are already threatened by a new technology, HVD (Holographic Versatile Discs). The new data support is not yet designed up to the point where it can physically replace BDs, but, when they are ... |
23 January 2009
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The epic “Kill Bill,” as most fans must know by now, was never envisaged as two halves of a whole, but as a single bloody adventure, as it also premiered at Cannes. However, the movie studio decided that, as such, it would be too long and would probably not warrant the massive investments it got. Luckily,... |
21 January 2009
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Pirated CDs and DVDs are a major dent in profits for large companies, considering the fact that some countries use stolen software on 70 to 80 percent of its market. This means that no revenues enter the pockets of the manufacturer, while its products are widely used. Now, scientists at the University of Granada ... |
7 December 2008
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This year has been extremely important for Sony and its Blu-ray disc, since it was officially crowned the "next-gen DVD format" after the utter defeat of Toshiba's HD DVD. After that fateful moment (which, as you might recall, occurred in early spring), things took the path everyone expected them to, the players... |
12 November 2008
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The world's communication network is now estimated to contain about 369 exabytes of data, which is roughly equivalent to 369 followed by 18 zeros bytes. This mind-boggling amount of information is currently stored in tens, if not hundreds, of file formats, each of them licensed to a certain producer, class of de... |
28 October 2008
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Apple has released an update for Migration and DVD/CD Sharing for new MacBook and MacBook Pro units. Desktop Mac owners will see the update popping up on their screens as well, with Software Update stating that the update is recommended for “all users”. This software is used to get stuff from an optical d... |
17 October 2008
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World of Warcraft is one of the most popular games out there, with a fan base spreading from school kids to adult men or women, having over 11 million subscribers. Part of this huge popularity is that it is accessible from the weakest computer to the most high end gaming rig. It is also available on DVD and the old ... |
26 September 2008
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For those of you who don't know, Dead Space is a third person survival horror game developed by Electronic Arts. It puts you in the shoes of a space ship engineer called Isaac Clarke who is forced to battle a race of aliens called Necromorphs, and all of his battles will take place on a ship gravely damaged by t... |
25 September 2008
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The march of videogames to world domination is not slowing down. In the roughly 30 years since videogames have been around, they have become more and more important, both on a cultural and on an economical level. Some day, all other forms of entertainment that rely on visuals and sound to deliver an experience will h... |
3 July 2008
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HVDs, or Holographic Versatile Discs, are a type of optical digital data storing devices bearing a striking resemblance to the construction and operation of more common optical storing devices, such as CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray, relying on read/write techniques based on the principles of holography. Similar to typical op... |
3 July 2008
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Although most of us still rely on DVDs in order to pass information from one device to another, this procedure will soon be considered history. That's because Blu-ray technology can now allow more data to be stored on a single disk. But maybe, just maybe, this standard still has a fighting chance, that is if ind... |
30 June 2008
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The fight against movie and software piracy has just recorded another win as the MPA along with the help of other organizations, including here the Malaysian Federation Against Copyright Theft, managed to shut down an illegal DVD facility located in Kajang, Malaysia. According to a press statement signed by the MPAA,... |
9 May 2008
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Since Blu-ray has become the ultimate victor of the next-generation DVD format war, just about every major player on the consumer electronics' market has either prepared or launched something for this particular segment. And one such major name is Panasonic who has finally shed some new light on one of latest of... |
7 May 2008
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Despite the fact that the HD-DVD high-definition standard collapsed, and the new HD movie titles are only available in the Blu-Ray format, Sony's standard seems to have significant adoption issues among consumers.According to a report released by Market analyst ABI Research, the Blu-Ray format has to carry anoth... |
22 April 2008
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Germany-based video company DVD-D unveiled a new optical medium that is able to store data just like a regular DVD disk, except for the fact that data mysteriously disappears after 48 hours. The new single-use DVDs are already available on the French, Italian and Scandinavian markets, and are mostly used in movie ren... |
18 April 2008
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It all started in 1982, when compact discs became commercially available. They were the first optical devices used to store data in a digital format, have typical capacities of up to 700 megabytes, or 80 minutes in audio format, and diameters between 60 to 120 millimeters. In 1997, a new optical storing medium became... |
17 April 2008
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Malaysia doesn't have the best reputation when it comes to respecting intellectual property rights, and the authorities are trying to take measures to change that. Two male Labradors, specially trained to sniff out the chemicals used in DVD production, have been brought from Northern Ireland and will become the ... |
4 March 2008
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The Christmas shopping spree is in full swing as we speak and everyone's running like crazy from one mall to the next, storming (or better said, stampeding) each store in search for those perfect gifts. However, it seems that Europeans have already decided on their assortment of gifts for this year, and the DVD ... |
19 December 2007
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Yes, folks, the ongoing battle between the two competing next-gen DVD formats is far from over and it seems that the scales are slowly tipping in favor of Sony's little Blu-rayed baby, as the latest figures released by the Blu-ray Disc Association show a huge gap between the two formats, although just in a speci... |
23 November 2007
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What has the world come to? The AVS Forum, probably the largest online forum on audio/visual discussion is up against a new kind of problem, one that was previously reserved for game consoles only - Fan Flame Wars. It sounds like an episode of Scooby Doo but it's actually a good reason for everybody to take a st... |
8 November 2007
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Amy Winehouse has some serious nerve - or maybe it's a delayed effect from all the serious drug-taking and boozing she's been doing lately, we'll never know. But the troubled British star is definitely one stubborn addict and now she's making it all public by releasing a DVD ironically entitled "I... |
23 October 2007
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LaCie announced the launch of another line of products designed by the well known industrial designer Sam Hecht and this time we are talking about portable optical disc drives that come with the latest technologies enabled.On the outside the new LaCie Portable DVD burning optical drives are sporting a slim and stylis... |
20 September 2007
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Asus announced the launch of a new optical disc drive which is designed and aimed for users needing high performance drives that can playback high definition movies and offer a complete solution for writing optical discs. The next generation of Asus DVD writer drivers is the BC-1205PT, a multi format capable drive w... |
7 September 2007
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It would seem that Epson's been on quite a roll lately, launching quite a wide array of products in several of the most important areas of the consumer electronics' market. Thus, after announcing yesterday its high-end EMP-TW2000 3LCD projector, the company has come back with two new compact combo models fr... |
5 September 2007
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At the IFA trade show from Berlin Toshiba presented a new HD DVD-Writer which also integrates support for the most popular optical disc formats out there. Coming as a combo drive and featuring HD DVD-Writer and HD DVD Super-Multi properties the latest Toshiba optical drive unit is personal computer compatible.The new... |
3 September 2007
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Asus announced the launch of a new line of high performance optical drives which features the DRW-2014 L1T internal DVD and CD rewriter. This new internal disc burner computer hardware part also is fully compliant with the latest specifications of the LightScribe technology allowing users to select and draw their own... |
30 August 2007
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LG Electronics announced the release of a new optical drive that is intended for external operation and comes packed in a slim and easily portable form. The new external optical drive comes in two versions, the simpler GSA-E50N and the LightScribe capable GSA-E50L and it is specially created for use with laptops and ... |
29 August 2007
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Most computer users that are the proud possessors of an older optical burning drive have just about three options in order to label their freshly backed CDs or DVDs. First of all, there is the option of using a soft tipped marker pen and hand writing your very own label, but this option leaves the optical discs in a ... |
27 August 2007
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Mempile, an Israeli company that is specialized in technologies related to optical storage and the development of new optical mediums, announced the successful testing of its TeraDisc technology that is capable of storing one terabyte of data on a single and cost effective DVD-like optical medium.One terabyte of data... |
23 August 2007
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I almost felt sorry for the supporters of HD DVD last week, when an independent report informed us that Blu-ray was twice as popular as its rival. Back then, I questioned the marketing tactics adopted by the HD DVD support group, but it would seem that said tactics (with a little extra "incentives" on the side) have ... |
21 August 2007
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Now, this crap won't make your child a brainy Hawkings but on the contrary, dumb as a rock. Encourage your child to learn language from DVDs and videos like "Baby Einstein" and "Brainy Baby" and he/she will hardly manage to express himself/herself...A new research made at the University of Washington and Seattle... |
10 August 2007
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Sony Electronics announced the release of its next generation DVD burner that supports the dual format DVD/CD recordable drives and comes in three separate designs in order to meet the industry's fastest recording speeds. This new series is called the 840 and it fully supports the 20X DVD±R recording speeds, bei... |
8 August 2007
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Jessica Simpson is a great actress, one of those few genuinely talented thespians who know all the tricks in the book to making a mind-blowing movie... in her head alone! She might be cute and cuddly-like, she may have the good looks and the financial power to back up all her forays into the art of cinematography, bu... |
3 August 2007
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PlayStation fans truly have it their way today and although Sony hasn't really announced anything new for the powerful system, confirmation that the PS3's time has come, is indeed something to make your day. According to this piece up on Evil Avatar, David Karraker told GamesIndustry.biz that their investme... |
1 August 2007
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