MARCAN Taking Orders for Industry's First Full Sized 4.7GB DVD-Recordable Drive.BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 17, 1999-- CD and 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. solutions provider, MARCAN, Inc., says it is now taking orders for Pioneer's new DVD-Recordable drive, the first drive able to record a full 4.7 gigabytes. Designed for industrial DVD authoring and long-term data archival industrial use, this second-generation 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). drive sells at a 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 $5,400 and comes complete with pre-mastering software and three blank 4.7GB DVD-R discs. Additional DVD-R discs are available at a MSRP of $40. Units are expected to be ready for delivery in June. The Pioneer DVR-S201 writes and reads 4.7GB or 3.95GB media. Writing at 1X and reading at 2X speeds, a complete 4.7GB disc can be written in approximately one hour and is compatible with existing DVD playback devices including 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. drives and DVD-Video players. DVD-R discs are the same size as CDs and compatible with existing library and changer mechanisms, making it easy for current CD applications to move to the technology. DVD-R offers the advantages of higher quality, faster information flow and significantly more data per volume than CD-Rs. How To Order For more information contact MARCAN, Inc., 1020 108th Ave., NE Suite 209, Bellevue, WA 98004; phone 800/635-7477; fax 425/635-7479; email marving@marcan.com; Web site http://www.marcan.com. MARCAN Credentials MARCAN sells a variety of 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 recording and duplication systems in both single, multi-drive and autoloading au·to·load·ing adj. Semiautomatic. Adj. 1. autoloading - (of firearms) capable of automatic loading and firing continuously; "an autoloading rifle" self-loading, semiautomatic configurations; CD-R (CD-Recordable) A writable CD technology using a type of compact disc that can be recorded, but not erased (CD-Rs are "write once" discs). CD-R discs are used to master CD-ROMs, to back up data and to make copies of data for distribution. color printing systems; text indexing and retrieval software; and CD-ROM storage solutions. In addition, the company offers a full line of CD-R duplication services and DVD video authoring services. MARCAN has been providing CD-ROM solutions for more than five years to such organizations as Boeing, Intel, Microsoft, Oracle, Lucent, Adobe, Nasdaq and many others. The firm has recently been recognized as one of the 500 fastest growing high technology companies in the United States. NOTE TO EDITORS: For high quality digital image of the Pioneer DVR-S201, contact Carol Hays at 360/428-3707 or chays@sos.net. |
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