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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HDI Dune announced three new lines of high-definition multimedia players, the Dune HD Max, Dune HD Lite and Dune HD Smart.
LucidPort Technology announced its USB302, a second generation USB 3.0 to SATA 3Gb/s bridge designed for external USB storage devices. According to the statement, the LucidPort USB302 is physically smaller and consumes less power than any other chip of its kind. Its support for USB Attached SCSI Protocol (UASP) allows it to run 20 to …
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LucidPort Technology announced that it has released new firmware that adds Blu-ray Disc (BD) capability to its USB 3.0 to SATA bridge controller (USB300). According to the statement, in addition to connecting hard disks and solid state drives to USB 3.0, the USB300 can now link Blu-ray or other SATA optical disc drives to a …
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Lite-On Europe announced its new 12X Blu-ray Disc (BD) writer, the iHBS212. According to the statement, this PC-compatible Blu-ray writer is capable of recording and playing back the most popular media formats including Blu-ray, DVD and CD. In addition to writing BD-R single-layer (SL) discs at 12X, the iHBS212 writes double-layer (DL) BD-R media at …
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Hitachi-LG Data Storage Inc. (HLDS) announced HyDrive, the world’s first combination solid state drive (SSD) and optical disc drive (ODD). According to the statement, the first generation of HyDrive will feature CD, DVD and Blu-ray media playback, SDD capacities of 32GB and 64GB as well as a SATA 3.0Gbps interface. The second generation will offer …
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Maxell Corporation of America announced its 5 1/4-Inch Internal iVDR Drive Bay, External iVDR Desktop Dock and 4-Bay iVDR Storage Library. According to the statement, Maxell’s 5 1/4-Inch Internal Drive Bay, External iVDR Desktop Dock and 4-Bay iVDR Storage Library are aimed at the post-production market for ingestion, storage and archival, respectively.