CMC Magnetics Acquires Verbatim Storage Media Business from Mitsubishi

Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation announced it is selling its storage media business operated by Verbatim, as well as related assets, to CMC Magnetics.

Mitsubishi Chemical Media to Produce Optical Disc Archive Cartridges

Sony Electronics announced that Mitsubishi Chemical Media has signed a license agreement to produce Optical Disc Archive (ODA) cartridges.

CD-E: Call It Erasable, Call It Rewritable, But Will It Fly?

This article was the first serious public look at the technical aspects of and market potential for CD-ReWritable (CD-RW). Known during its development as CD-Erasable (CD-E), CD-RW is an interesting chapter in the history of optical storage and, fanciful expectations of its promoters aside, continues to endure, long outliving most of its contemporaries.

Mitsubishi Singapore to Produce BD-R Discs

Mitsubishi Chemical Infonics Pte. Ltd. (MCI) announced that it has installed its own designed state-of-the-art BD-R manufacturing lines (BD-R DL 50 GB and BD-R LtH 25GB). According to the statement, MCI manufactures DVD-R DL and BD-R LtH discs, which are available under the Mitsubishi Kagaku Media (MKM) and Verbatim brands. MCI and MKM/Verbatim are wholly …

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HP LightScribe Direct Disc Labeling Review

What’s the best way to label a disc — marker? sticker? printer? The inventive folks at Hewlett-Packard think they have the answer with LightScribe, promising slick labels with fewer hassles. But does HP’s LightScribe live up to the hype?