The European Commission announced that it is investigating thirteen companies for allegedly conspiring to rig bids for the sale of CD and DVD optical disc drives.
Primera Launches Affordable Disc Publisher
Primera Technology announced its new Bravo 4051 Disc Publisher (DP-4051 in Europe, Scandinavia and Middle East), which is available for $2,495 (MSRP).
Optical Disc Drive Lawsuit Ongoing
Hagens Berman reminded consumers in North Dakota, Washington, D.C. and Oregon that it has filed a class-action lawsuit against a number of optical disc drive producers alleging a conspiracy to manipulate prices.
Sony Optiarc Launches 12x Blu-ray Burners
Sony Optiarc America announced its latest half-height (HH) internal 12x Blu-ray Disc (BD) recorders, the BWU-500S retail branded model and the BD-5300S OEM version.
Sony Optiarc Launches BDX-S500U 6x Blu-ray Disc Writer
Sony Optiarc Europe GmbH announced its new BDX-S500U 6x Blu-ray Disc (BD) writer. According to the statement, the external mobile BDX-S500U features a tray-loading design as well as USB 2.0 interface and writes BD-R SL discs at up to 6x speed, BD-R DL discs at 4x, DVD±R SL at 8x, DVD±R DL at 4x, DVD-RAM [...]
Sony Optiarc Unveils BWU-500S 12x Blu-ray Disc Writer
Sony Optiarc Europe GmbH announced its new BWU-500S 12x Blu-ray Disc (BD) writer. According to the statement, the internal half-height (HH) BWU-500S features a SATA interface and writes BD-R SL discs at up to 12x speed, BD-R DL discs at 8x, DVD±R SL at 16x, DVD±R DL at 8x, DVD-RAM at 12x and CD-R at [...]
Lawyers Pursue Evidence in Optical Disc Drive Lawsuit
Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP announced that it continues to pursue evidence in a nationwide class action lawsuit accusing large manufacturers of optical disc drives used in CD, DVD and Blu-ray players of price fixing. According to the statement, the civil suit was filed in the U.S. District Court in California (April 6, 2010, docket [...]

