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 …

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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 …

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CyberLink Launches Power2Go 7

CyberLink Corp. announced Power2Go 7, the latest version of its optical disc burning software. According to the statement, Power2Go can burn any media to any disc, including Blu-rays, DVDs and CDs, as well as the latest BDXL format that holds up to 128GB of data on a single disc.

CPCC Unhappy with Proposed Copyright Law Amendments

The Canadian Private Copying Collective (CPCC) is criticizing proposed amendments to the Copyright Act for failing to expand the existing levy on blank storage media (CD-R, CD-RW, CD-R Audio, CD-RW Audio, MiniDisc) to include MP3 players, cell phones, computers and other devices and media capable of storing digital audio.