Tag archive: R Double

One of the difficulties of looking at Apple products critically is how hot emotions run.  Apple has a very loyal group of followers who defend all the company does, and Apple does such a great job of promoting its offerings it is sometimes hard to see through the reality distortion field and do a proper assessment.  What I’ve learned to do is write out what I think Apple needs to do at a particular event, and then assess how… Read More

Despite claims that recordable write times have reached their peak, Samsung today announced their new WriteMaster SH-S182D drive which the company claims can write to DVD+/-R media at a blazing 18X speed. Up until now, the fastest drives available were able to write up to 16X speeds. The SH-S182D can also write to Dual Layer and DVD-RAM media. DVD-RAM media was largely pushed in part by Panasonic which helped pioneer the technology,… Read More

LG Electronics last week unveiled a new external multi-DVD format burner. The new GSA-5169D is priced at $179 and should be available now. The GSA-5169D, said LG, is capable of reading and writing in all DVD formats, including DVD-RAM. In addition to DVD+-R write speeds of 16x, the GSA-5169D features write speeds of 8x DVD+RW, 6x DVD-RW, 8x DVD+R Double Layer, 4x DVD-R Dual Layer and 5x DVD- RAM. Via the Double Layer and Dual Layer writing… Read More

Sony announced Monday the availability of a new DVD burner geared towards Mac users. The new DRX-820UL/T is priced at $159.99 and available now. The DRX-820UL/T, said Sony, has a vertical design and is equipped with both i.LINK (IEEE1394/FireWire compatible) and USB 2.0 interfaces. It comes bundled with burning software for both Mac and Windows operating systems. It also reportedly supports the industry's fastest 8X DVD+R Double Layer… Read More

Sony had several computing related product announcements at CES 2006. The most interesting of these are a new line of multimedia focused laptop computers, some new lightweight laptops and an e-book reader. Sony's new multimedia centric laptops are the VAIO FE line. Set to be available in February at a starting price of around $1,650, the VAIO FE line sports an array of features including Intel DDR2 memory, a serial ATA hard drive,… Read More

Sony today announced details about the forth coming DRX-810UL/T external DVD burner. This unit, which is Mac and PC compatible, will be available in November for less than $150. The DRX-810UL/T, said Sony, works with both PCs and Macs. It comes bundled with both Toast 6 Lite (Mac) and Nero (PC) software for storing and sharing of home movies, digital photos, and music at 8X maximum for DVD+R Double Layer recording speed, enabling users to… Read More

Sony today said they were looking to combine a full fledged computer with an LCD TV as they announced the new Vaio VA TV-PC. Set to be available later this month, the price point on this series will start at $1,999.99. The Vaio VA TV-PC, Sony said, features an all in one design which brings together an Xbrite 20

Sony is "bringing big screen entertainment" to the "portable platform" as today they announced their new Vaio AX Digital Studio PC desktop replacement notebook line. Priced at $2,000 or so and above, this notebook series is set to be available starting next month. The Vaio AX notebook offers a number of features which Sony feels will provide that big screen entertainment feel. These include a 17" WXGA+ widescreen display with… Read More

The DVP-CX995V 400-disc DVD/Super-Audio CD (SA-CD) changer up-scales video to high definition (1080i/720p) resolution and transmits high quality audio through a High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI). HDMI connections allow for the transfer of uncompressed digital signals to other HDMI equipped components such as Sony's Grand WEGA LCD rear projection high definition televisions. The 2005 line also includes two single-disc HDMI… Read More

Together with the Toast DVD+R Double Layer capabilities, this state-of-the-art external drive will enable Mac users to burn nearly twice the amount of personal data (from 4.7GB to 8.5GB), or record more than three hours of MPEG-2 (DVD-quality) video content on a single DVD+R DL disc more quickly and easily than was possible on previous DVD drive series. In addition to double layer recording capabilities, the DRX-710UL -T will support… Read More

The drive achieves blazing fast 16X CAV performance on recommended 8X DVD+R media, and burns a 4.7GB DVD in less than six minutes, one minute faster than leading ZCLV competitors. The new drive also supports dual-layer DVD media, enabling users to burn up to four hours of high-quality MPEG-2 video on a single 8.5GB DVD disc in approximately 28 minutes. The internal PX-716SA drive features an integrated Serial ATA connection,… Read More

Sony Electronics is upping the ante for DVD recording with its second generation of DVD+R Double Layer (DL) burners that support 16X DVD+R recording. Burning a full write-once single layer disc in approximately six minutes, the Sony internal DRU-710A and external DRX-710UL drives make great options for consumers interested in high-speed burning and substantial storage capacity at an attractive price. The 710 series marks Sony's… Read More

The DVD+R Double Layer technology almost doubles the storage capacity of the DVD+R/+RW system. Up to 8.5 GB of data – which is about four hours of standard DVD video quality, or 16 hours in standardVHS video quality – can now be stored on a single disc. The disc is single?sided, which means that all content is directly accessible with no need to turn the disc over. CompatibilityRecordings on the new DVD+R Double Layer discs are… Read More

From Ahead's press release: The two essential technologies that will help smoothly usher in Double Layer DVD recording are Nero LayerMagic, to speed up the DL burning process and Nero SmoothPlay, to provide seamless DL playback. The Nero applications in this enhanced version of its OEM digital media suite will fully support DVD+R DL drives, allowing 8.5GB DVD writing, authoring, backup and recoding for the first time ever. The… Read More

Everyone wants one. They come in all sorts of shapes and sizes, colors and cases. Most let you listen to music, some allow you to watch video and a few are even wireless. They're one of the most popular consumer electronics products out there and a computer company named Apple is the current industry leader. We are of course referring to the mighty digital audio or MP3 player. Since their introduction in the late ‘90s, digital… Read More