Addonics Announces Sleek ``Pocket DVD/CDRW'' Drive With Firewire, Cardbus, and USB/USB 2.0 Interfaces.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 24, 2002 Addonics Technologies today announced a sleek new combination DVD/CDRW storage solution that plays 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. movies or audio CDs, burns original CDs, and is barely larger than a standard Compact Disc case. The Addonics Pocket DVD/CDRW drive is among the smallest and most flexible storage solutions available with its 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 and interchangeable cable. The Pocket DVD/CDRW drive features an 8x DVD player, 8x CDRW See CD-RW. burner, and a 24x CD-ROM drive -- all packed inside a 5.62 x 5.31 x .87 inch enclosure that weighs just 14 ounces. Addonics bundles the Pocket DVD/CDRW drive with CD mastering software, and MPEG-2 decoding software for DVD movie playback. The combined DVD/CDRW allows users to buy a single drive to add DVD movie playback, 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 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. The Pocket DVD/CDRW has a data transfer rate of 3600 KB/sec (24x CD) and 10,600 KB/sec (DVD 8x). Every Pocket 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. No software drivers are required for connecting the Pocket DVD/CDRW via the USB or FireWire ports on computers running Windows Me, 2000 and XP. Software drivers included are for Windows 98SE and for CardBus connection. Addonics also manufactures a line of optional controllers, which includes a USB 2.0 card, FireWire card and CardBus FireWire adapter for upgrading notebook or desktop PCs to high speed interfaces. The list price for Pocket DVD/CDRW starts at $399 for the USB 2.0 version. The Addonics Pocket 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, 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. Note to Editors: All products/company names are either trademarks or trade names of their respective holders. |
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