AOpen Introduces Two New USB 2.0 External Optical Drives Designed for People on the Go.SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif. -- Light & Portable External Combo5232 and Slim 4X DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. +/-RW Drives Are Ideal for Music, Movies and All Facets of New Digital Lifestyles AOpen(R) Inc., an award-winning, global leader in PC component design and manufacturing, today announced that it is now shipping two new USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. 2.0 optical drives: the external AOpen Combo5232 Drive (Model EHB-5232U) and the external AOpen Slim 4X DVD+/-RW Drive (Model ESV-289U) in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . These drives are perfectly suited for users on the go who need to quickly and easily switch from desktop to notebook and back -- or any other computing and storage demand that requires the greatest flexibility with maximum performance. "Now that we have the internal drive technology nailed-down solid, it's time for us to introduce portable models with the same great features," said Scott Chien, President, Optical Storage Devices, AOpen Inc. "These two performers are both USB 2.0 drives with a host of extended features and a bonus bundle of software that will let anyone create anything from basic data storage to professional-quality movies," Chien went on to say. Both products come with an impressive software bundle with mainstream recording and authoring software, like Ahead Nero, NeoDVD, PowerDVD and Video Studio, depending on the drive model and its respective writing capabilities. They also are delivered with the USB 2.0 interface; support plug-and-play functionality; are hot-swappable; provide buffer under-run error prevention; and come with stereo CD-audio outputs. The drives are capable of writing and re-writing many CD or DVD formats, and the ESV-289U 4X DVD+/-RW Drive boasts the same functionality and performance as an internal DVD-ROM DVD-ROM: see digital versatile disc. A read-only DVD disc used to permanently store data files. DVD-ROM discs are widely used to distribute large software applications that exceed the capacity of a CD-ROM disc. drive. The external AOpen Combo5232 Drive has an MSRP MSRP Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price MSRP Message Session Relay Protocol MSRP Multi-Species Recovery Plan (US Fish & Wildlife Service) MSRP Member of the Society for Radiological Protection (UK) of $99.99; and the external AOpen DVD+/-RW Drive has an MSRP of $249. Both drives come with a 1-year limited warranty Limited warranty A warranty with certain conditions and limitations on the parts covered, type of damage covered, and/or time period for which the agreement is good. . For more information and detailed specifications for these quality optical drive products from AOpen, please visit: Combo5232: http://english.aopen.com.tw/products/combo/EHB-5232U.htm DVD+/-RW Drive: http://USA.aopen.com/products/dvd+rw/ESV-289U.htm About AOpen Headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, with AOpen America's headquarters in San Jose, California San Jose (IPA: /ˌsænhoʊˈzeɪ/) is the third-largest city in California, and the tenth-largest in the United States. It is the county seat of Santa Clara County. , AOpen Inc. is the world's largest total PC component solutions manufacturer and a member of an $18-billion technology group. Leveraging more than 28 years of technology manufacturing experience and more than 1,000 Group patents, AOpen designs, manufactures and markets high-quality, state-of-the-art motherboards; housings; small-form-factor bare systems; VGA cards; white-box notebooks; optical drives; multimedia headsets and headphones Head-mounted speakers. Headphones have a strap that rests on top of the head, positioning a pair of speakers over both ears. For listening to music or monitoring live performances and audio tracks, both left and right channels are required. ; multimedia and network solutions; as well as numerous other PC component products sold through VARs to institutional, corporate, education and government customers, and via retailers to small business and end-user customers. Editor's Note: For additional information, evaluation units, product photos or executive interviews at AOpen, please contact Fred Gillaspy, InterSight Communications Corporation, 831-239-4292. More information about AOpen, AOpen Products, services, and business partners is available at: www.AOpen.com. AOpen is a registered trademark of AOpen Inc. All other products, brand names or companies are trademarks or registered marks of their respective companies. |
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