AOpen Poised to Be One of World's First to Ship 16X DL DVD+/-RW Burners; Exceptionally Fast and Expanded Capacity Double Layer DVD Drives Expected to Hit North American Market Late July 2004.SAN JOSE, Calif. -- AOpen(R) Inc., an award-winning, global leader in PC component design and manufacturing, has announced the upcoming launch and shipment of its new 16X DL (double Layer) 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 burners for late July 2004. Unlike a number of competitive manufacturers who are experiencing shipment delays due to a shortage of critical parts, AOpen has overcome such limitations through careful planning and negotiations for key components, and is on-schedule to be one of the world's first manufacturers to deliver the new drives this year. "We've been able to beat all the odds and strategically position the launch of our new AOpen DUW1608/ARR, 16X DL DVD+/-RW burners at the very beginning of the product's life cycle," said Scott Chien, Vice President and General Manager, Optical Storage Devices, AOpen Inc. "We're one of the few manufacturers with a sufficient supply of LDs (laser diodes) and will be one of the first to market as a result." The new burners feature the fastest currently available write speeds of 16X for various popular recordable disc media including DVD+R (DVD+Recordable) A write-once (read only) version of the DVD+RW optical disc from the DVD+RW Alliance. DVD+Rs hold up to 4.7GB of data per side and can be read by DVD-Video players and computer DVD-ROM drives. A DVD+R DL disc is a "dual layer" DVD+R that holds a total of 8.5GB. , DVD-R (DVD-Recordable) A write-once (read only) DVD disc for both movies and data endorsed by the DVD Forum. DVD-Rs are often called "DVD Dash Rs" or "DVD Minus Rs" to distinguish them from the competing "Plus R" format (see DVD+R). , DVD+RW (DVD+Read Write) A rewritable (re-recordable) DVD disc for both movies and data from the DVD+RW Alliance. DVD+RW media can be read on DVD-Video players and computer DVD-ROM drives. , DVD-RW (DVD-Read Write) A rewritable (re-recordable) DVD disc for both movies and data from the DVD Forum. Also called "DVD Dash RW" and "DVD Minus RW," DVD-RW uses phase change recording. The media hold 4.7GB per side and can be rewritten 1,000 times. , CD-R and CD-RW (CD-ReWritable) The only rewritable CD technology. CD-RW disks look like other CD media, but with close inspection, they have a more polished surface with a very dark blue-gray cast. . The drives also feature an extremely large storage capacity of 8.5GB -- well suited for large data back-ups, movies, music files and wide range of multimedia applications. The new AOpen DUW1608/ARR 16X DL DVD Burner is projected to be value-priced with an exceptionally reasonable MSRP of less than $150 USD USD In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the U.S. Dollar. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. and will come with a 1-year limited warranty. For more information on this upcoming product, contact Michele Sun at: 408-232-1253 or by e-mail at: Michele_Sun@aopen.com. 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; 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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