Epson Unleashes Discproducer Blu-ray Publisher

Epson UK announced its new Discproducer PP-100IIBD Blu-ray, DVD and CD publishing system, which features a SuperSpeed USB 3.0 interface as well as archival-grade recorders and an integrated colour disc label printer.

Rimage Unveils Producer IV Disc Publisher and Prism III Printer

Rimage Corporation announced its latest and greatest Producer IV series of Blu-ray Disc (BD), DVD and CD publishing systems as well as its new thermal transfer Prism III disc label printer.

Pioneer BDR-2208 Takes Blu-ray Writing to 15x Speed

Pioneer Electronics (USA) announced its new BDR-2208 5.25″ internal half-height Blu-ray BDXL recorder, which writes select BD-R SL (25GB) discs at 15x speed.

OPARG Champions Optical Disc Archiving

Mitsubishi Kagaku Media (Verbatim), Pioneer Corporation and Victor Advanced Media (JVC) announced they have established the Optical Archive Group (OPARG) to promote the use of BD-R and DVD-R discs for archival data storage.