Addonics Announces External Combo DVD/CDRW Drive; 12X DVD Player, 20X CD Burner, and 40x CD-ROM All-In-One Drive with FireWire, CardBus or USB 2.0 Connections.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 7, 2002 Addonics Technologies today announced the Mobile DVD/CDRW -- an external DVD/CDRW/CD-ROM All-in-One Drive with high-speed FireWire, CardBus and 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 interfaces. The Mobile DVD/CDRW drive features a 12x DVD player, a 12x CDRW See CD-RW. burner, and a 40x CD-ROM drive. Addonics bundles the drive with CD mastering software, and MPEG-2 decoding software for 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. movie playback. The combined DVD/CDRW provides users with the convenience of adding DVD, CDRW and CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). functions to any computer via one USB, Firewire or CardBus connection. The drive also saves users the cost of buying two storage units for recording CD-ROM discs, and playing DVD movies. Users can play full-screen DVD movies on their computer with the drive's MPEG-2 decoding software. The drive can record data to CDRW media in five popular modes: Track at Once, Multisession A compact disc capability in which data are recorded in more than one session. Each subsequent recording session can be linked to the previous so that they all appear as one. Each session adds overhead on the disc, because lead-in and lead-out sectors must be recorded each time, which , Disc at Once, Session at Once, and Packet Writing. The drive is also compatible with eight different multimedia formats, including: DVD, CD-ROM, CD-ROM XA, CD-I (Compact Disc-Interactive) A compact disc format developed by Philips and Sony that held text, audio and animated graphics. It required a CD-I player that contained its own operating system. , CD-DA (Compact Disc-Digital Audio) The original compact disc format developed by Sony and Philips in the 1980s, which was designed for audio only. Since "CD" is used loosely for all Compact Disc formats, the CD-DA designation differentiates a music disc or player , CD-Bridge, CD-Extra, and Video CD. It will read five popular CDRW recording formats (Track at Once, Multi-Session, Disc at Once, Session at Once, and Packet Writing. Depending on the drive interface used the Mobile DVD/CDRW has a data transfer rate from 300-4800 KB/sec and an access speed of 100 m/sec. (32x). The Mobile DVD/CDRW features a front-panel loading tray that requires no caddies or cartridges. The drive measures 10 x 6.2 x 2 inches, and weighs just 3.18 pounds. Software drivers are included for Windows 95, 98, 2000, NT, ME (Millennium Edition), XP, and Mac OS 9.0. No driver is needed for USB or Firewire connection when installed under Windows Me, 2000, and XP. Every Mobile DVD/CDRW drive features a flexible interface connection, which allows users to connect to either USB, FireWire or CardBus ports on any computer by switching to the appropriate Addonics interface cable. The list price for Mobile DVD/CDRW starts at $399 for the USB 2.0 version. The Addonics Mobile DVD/CDRW drive is available through major catalog companies, resellers, VARs and distributors, including StorageUSA.com, Amazon.com, PC Connection, CDW CDW - data warehouse , Buy.com, Insight, Egghead, Ingram Micro, and Ma Lab. Addonics Technologies Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets a broad line of external storage products. Addonics is headquartered at 48434 Milmont Drive, Fremont, CA 94538. Visit Addonics at www.addonics.com All products/company names are either trademarks or trade names of their respective holders. |
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