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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Lawyers Pursue Evidence in Optical Disc Drive Lawsuit

Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP announced that it continues to pursue evidence in a nationwide class action lawsuit accusing large manufacturers of optical disc drives used in CD, DVD and Blu-ray players of price fixing. According to the statement, the civil suit was filed in the U.S. District Court in California (April 6, 2010, docket …

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