Styron LLC today announced the availability of its CALIBRE 1060 DVD polycarbonate resin in the Americas and Europe.
According to the statement, CALIBRE 1060 DVD resin offers the quality and processing characteristics of CALIBRE 1080 DVD resin with improved ductility and toughness. CALIBRE 1060 DVD resin can be used for all optical disc applications including CD, [...]
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Styron Improves Optical Disc Polycarbonate Resin
Mitsubishi Unifies Under Verbatim Brand
Mitsubishi Kagaku Media Co., Ltd. (MKM) announced that it will unify all of its recordable and rewritable optical disc products (BD, DVD, CD) under its Verbatim brand.
Marantz Launches UD7005 and UD5005 Blu-ray 3D Players
Marantz America announced two new Blu-ray 3D players, the UD7005 ($899), which will replace the BD7004 and be available in September and the UD5005 ($499), which replaces the BD5004 and will be available next month.
Vinpower Launches SlimMicro Manual Tower Duplicators
Vinpower Digital announced the roll out of its SlimMicro line of compact optical disc duplicators.
According to the statement, available in CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc (BD) configurations with four or five writers, the SlimMicro offers nearly all the advanced functions commonly found on Vinpower’s larger SharkCopier duplicators including network connection, copy protection, load & copy [...]
Jordan Rudess Sings Praises of Microboards G3 Disc Publisher
Microboards Technology announced that Dream Theater keyboardist Jordan Rudess has upgraded his studio with a new G3 Disc Publisher.
According to the statement, Rudess will incorporate his G3 Disc Publisher in the production of his next solo project, scheduled for release in 2011. In addition, Rudess will be burning his next and other future music projects, [...]
Budco Joins DiscMail Direct Coalition
Budco announced that it is now an affiliate member of the DiscMail Direct Coalition (DMDC).
According to the statement, the DMDC’s primary objective is to create a new category of disc-based mail and to educate marketers, ad agencies and brand managers about the latest technology advancements and response rates often achieved when DVDs, Blu-ray and CDs [...]
Lite-On Launches iHAS524 24X DVD Writer with LabelTag
Lite-On announced the immediate availability of its iHAS524 internal DVD writer.
According to the statement, the iHAS524 ($39.99 MSRP) delivers a maximum write speed of 24X on select DVD recordable media, which is among the fastest available drives in the in the market. The iHAS524 also features Lite-On’s latest patented LabelTag technology, a unique disc-labeling feature [...]
MAM-A Offers Recordable CDs and DVDs Made in USA
MAM-A Inc. announced that it has expanded its made in USA recordable optical disc product line.
According to the statement, the company now offers the full range of its silver and 24kt gold archival CD-R and DVD-R/+R discs with a made in the USA option. Completion of MAM-A’s 2010 capacity expansion at its Colorado Springs manufacturing [...]
EcoDisc Poll Finds Public Prefers DVD over Download
EcoDisc announced the results of its social media poll, which finds that the public continues to hold strong affection for CDs and DVDs, despite the growing popularity of download as a means to receive content.
Vinpower Launches Daisy Chain LightScribe Tower Duplicators
Vinpower Digital announced its SharkCopier DCLS standalone manual tower CD, DVD and Blu-ray Disc (BD) daisy chain duplication systems with LightScribe capabilities.
According to the statement, these units offer all the options and benefits from Vinpower’s SharkCopier LS line of duplicators with the added capability to be linked together in a chain, copying or printing across [...]
Roxio Launches Secure Disc Burning Software
Roxio announced the availability of Roxio Secure products, a family of enterprise applications that helps protect businesses, government agencies and other institutions from data breach.
According to the statement, these products (Roxio Secure Burn, Roxio Secure Burn Plus, Roxio Secure Managed) enable users within an organization to quickly secure data on CD, DVD, Blu-ray Disc (BD) [...]
Sharp Blu-ray HTiB Features Audyssey Technologies
Audyssey announced that Sharp Electronics Corporation has incorporated several of its technologies in its Blu-ray Home Theater System, the Sharp BD-MPC41U.
According to the statement, Sharp’s new Home Theater in a Box (HTiB) includes a sound bar, subwoofer, two surround speakers and an Internet-connected Blu-ray player. The Blu-ray player is part of a 1020-watt amplifier system [...]
Rimage Launches Consumables WebShop
Rimage Corporation announced the global launch of the Rimage WebShop online store, providing a means for its customers to purchase Rimage disc publishing supplies direct from the company.
According to the statement, the Rimage WebShop, combined with Rimage’s recent channel changes that have simplified and strengthened the Rimage partner network, help ensure that businesses get the [...]
Spectra to Receive Japanese Patent for Disc Labeling Technology
Spectra Systems Corporation announced that it has received a Notice of Allowance from the Japanese Patent and Trademark Office for a new patent, “System for Applying Markings to Optical Media,” related to the Company’s MediaCoat technology, which allows the graphical labeling of optical media across the entire play side of a disc (CD or DVD).