Addonics Announces Portable 8x DVD/24x CD-ROM Combo Drive; Lightweight, 14 oz. Transportable Drive Includes MPEG2 Decoding Software, 32 Bit CardBus/PCMCIA -- PC Card -- Interface Cable.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 27, 2000 Addonics Technologies today announced the Pocket 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. 8x24 -- a combination 8x DVD and 24x CD-ROM drive with PC Card and CardBus interfaces. The new portable drive provides DVD/MPEG II as well as CD/CD-RW audio and video playback on all PCMCIA (Personal Computer Memory Card International Association, San Jose, CA, www.pcmcia.org) An international standards body and trade association that was founded in 1989 to establish a standard for connecting peripherals to portable computers. PCMCIA created the PC Card. See PC Card. or CardBus equipped mobile computers and desktop PCs. The newest addition to the Addonics "Pocket" series of mobile peripheral products turns a notebook PC into a portable DVD/CD-ROM player to deliver high quality audio and video with low CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. utilization. Users can play full-screen DVD movies with the drive's MPEG (Moving Pictures Experts Group) An ISO/ITU standard for compressing digital video. Pronounced "em-peg," it is the universal standard for digital terrestrial, cable and satellite TV, DVDs and digital video recorders (DVRs). 2 decoding software. The drive can be used by any notebook PC. The drive can be powered from the notebook computer (through the keyboard port) or by an external A/C power adapter. The Pocket DVD8x24 drive plays both 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). and DVD media, and features a front-panel loading tray that requires no caddies or cartridges. The PocketDVD has a list price of $359. The drive fits neatly inside any briefcase. It measures 6.4 x 5.4 x 0.9 inches, and weighs just 14 ounces. Windows 95/98/2000 MPEG II decoding software is included as well as software drivers for Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows 2000. The drive is compatible with eight different multimedia formats, including: DVD, CD-ROM, CD-ROM XA, CD-I, 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 all 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. recorded media and is Photo CD multi-session compliant. System requirements are Pentium II 300MHz or greater CPU, PC Card Type I/II slot or CardBus interface, and a minimum 64 MB RAM. The drive will be available through major catalog companies, resellers, VARs and distributors, including PC Connection, CDW, Buy.com, Insight, Egghead, Ingram Micro, and D&H. About Addonics Technologies Addonics Technologies Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets a broad line of Personal Attached Storage and Network Attached Storage products. Addonics is headquartered at 48434 Milmont Drive, Fremont, CA 94538. Visit Addonics at www.addonics.com Note to Editors: All products/company names are either trademarks or trade names of their respective holders. |
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