Western Digital (WD) announced that it has introduced its new My Passport AV portable media drives. According to the statement, designed specifically for video storage and playback, the new My Passport AV portable media drives deliver a plug-and-play experience for digital media enthusiasts. Available now at select retailers and WD’s online store, the My Passport …
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iSuppli Corp. announced that, after suffering a decline 2009, global revenue from shipments of Hard Disk Drives (HDDs) and Optical Disc Drives (ODDs) used in computers is expected to grow in 2010 as PC shipments rise on the strength of the economic recovery.
SanDisk Corporation announced that it is shipping its G3 Solid State Drives (SSD) to retailers in North America and Europe. According to the statement, the flash memory-based SanDisk G3 SSD offers a compelling alternative to a 7,200 RPM Hard Disk Drive (HDD) for many customers – including do-it-yourself enthusiasts, IT managers or anyone seeking increased …
Seagate announced that it is shipping its 3.5-inch Constellation ES drive, the industry’s first 2TB enterprise-class drives featuring 6Gb SAS, to customers worldwide. According to the statement, designed specifically for multi-drive nearline storage environments, the Constellation ES drive has been qualified by leading enterprise OEMs and system builders who demand storage solutions of the highest …
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Verbatim Europe announced that it will unveil its portfolio of products for 2010 at CeBIT in Hanover, Germany, from the 2nd to the 6th of March. According to the statement, in the Planet Reseller area at booth D26, external hard drives with the new USB 3.0 standard will be on display, together with innovations such …
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Active Media Products announced that it has launched its new Aviator-2 SuperSpeed USB 3.0 external 2.5-inch SSDs, which offer a 400% performance gain compared to USB 2.0 external HDDs. According to the statement, SuperSpeed USB 3.0 supports transfer speeds up to 4.8Gbits/sec — ten times faster than USB 2.0. Aviator-2 SuperSpeed USB 3.0 external SSDs …
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JVC Professional Products, division of JVC U.S.A., announced that Creative Group, a post-production facility based in New York City, is using the JVC SR-HD1500 Blu-ray Disc (BD) and HDD combo recorder to produce HD dubs of projects for its clients.
It would be better if some products never saw the light of day. Certainly, that’s the case with DVD rewritable dual-layer (DL) which is scheduled to appear early next year. Sure, manufacturers promise great things, but why introduce yet another soon-to-be outdated technology to cause more problems for a confused market?
From time to time we all may be guilty of a single-minded devotion to one or another storage format – be it DVD-RAM, CD-R, hard disk, tape or whatever. Such was the message underlying the 1999 Technology and Manufacturing Conference of the International Recording Media Association (IRMA), held in Scottsdale, AZ – that we shouldn’t …