Tag archive: DVD-ROM

DVD mastering software developers Doug Carson & Associates (DCA) have announced that the first 3X DVd-ROM was successfully mastered and replicated on January 17 at Sonopress' facility in North Carolina. (PDF) What is 3X DVD? It's a variant on standard red-laser DVD-ROM which uses HD DVD's UDF 2.5 file system and (currently compromised) industry-standard AACS copy protection to offer up to 135 minutes high-definition… Read More

The new disc adds a high-end option to the previous HD DVD-ROM disc lineup that includes the 15GB (single-layer, single-sided) and 30GB (dual-layer, single-sided). These two discs are alreadyapproved and standardized at the DVD Forum. Toshiba also announced a double-sided, dual-layer hybrid ROM disc comprised of dual-layer HD DVD-ROM side and dual-layer DVD-ROM side. The hybrid disc can store 30GB of high-definition content on the HD DVD-ROM… Read More

The systems will feature AMD Athlon XP 2800+ processors, Nvidia's nForce2 chipset with GeForce4 MX graphics and six-channel audio, 512MB of DDR333 memory, and 8-in-1 memory-card readers. TheeMachines T2825, priced at $619, comes with a 120GB hard disk and separate DVD-ROM and CD-RW drives; the T2865 steps up to a 160GB hard disk and multiformat DVD+-RW for $719. Both systems have an AGP8X slot for graphics upgrades. Other eMachines… Read More