Sony Announces Twin Laser Optical Pickups for Reading DVD, CD-ROM, and CD-R

Sensing a strategic market opportunity, Sony Corporation has now announced that it will be introducing two separate optical pickups capable of reading DVD, CD-ROM, and CD-R discs.

Rimage’s Perfect Image CD Printer

There are, of course, many different ways to label a disc – everything from using a felt-tip pen and stick-on label to fancier inkjet, dry offset, and silkscreen printing systems. Rimage Corporation of Minneapolis, Minnesota has pioneered a solution that adapts thermal transfer technology for CD-R labeling. A long-established method for other printing applications, Rimage …

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Gateway 2000’s P5-200XL: CD-R Gets Branded

The new $3899 PS-200XL from direct-marketing powerhouse Gateway 2000 of North Sioux City, South Dakota is a state-of-the-art 200MHz Pentium system and the first PC from a major vendor to incorporate a CD recorder.

First Product in New Rimage CD-R Publishing Line is Announced and Available for Shipping

Rimage Corporation announced its new Perfect Image Producer line of CD-R disc publishing and duplication systems is now shipping.

Rimage Receives Award for CD-R Product Development

Rimage Corporation announced its Perfect Image CD-R Printer recently received an award from the SIGCAT Foundation.

Revolutionary New CD-R Product Line Announced by Rimage at SIGCAT Show

Rimage Corporation announced its new Perfect Image Producer line of CD-R duplication and publishing systems at SIGCAT 1996.

DVD: A Problem Ignored

Now just a darned minute! Wasn’t the new high-density DVD/DVD-ROM specification supposed to be backwards compatible? Wasn’t it implied that DVD drives could play existing CD-Recordable discs?

Automated CD-R Publishing System Enhancements Announced by Rimage at AIIM Show

Rimage Corporation announced it unveiled an enhanced version of its Perfect Image CD-R Automated Publishing System (APS) at the AIIM Show.

Eastman Kodak Proposes New Hard Sector CD-DASD Format for Removable, Rewritable Storage

Developed by Kodak engineers in conjunction with Dennis Howe of the University of Arizona Optical Data Storage Center, the Compact Disc—Direct Access Storage Disc (CD-DASD) format is positioned by Kodak as the next logical and necessary step in the evolution of CD-Recordable and CD-Erasable (CD-E) technology. Eastman Kodak Proposes New Hard Sector CD-DASD Format for …

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