Mad Dog Multimedia Launches the Next Generation of Optical Storage; The MegaSTOR Triple Format 16X Internal DVD-RW Drive.SAN DIEGO -- Computer peripherals market share leader Mad Dog Multimedia Mad Dog Multimedia®, Inc is a company that sells computer hardware, in the areas of optical media and drives, sound and graphics cards , data cables, and power supplies. Their products are resold by a number of major US retailers. Company Site is now shipping their newest 16X Internal 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. Drive. The new MegaSTOR drive is the first Triple Format burner offered to the US retail marketplace able to write to 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. +/-R media at 16X speeds and DVD-RAM A rewritable DVD disc endorsed by the DVD Forum. Using phase change technology, DVD-RAMs are like removable hard disks, and the media can be rewritten 100,000 times compared to 1,000 times for DVD-RW and DVD+RW. The first DVD-RAM drives with a capacity of 2.6GB (single sided) or 5. media at 5X speeds. MegaSTOR's advanced design also enables the drive to support all of the newest formats while maintaining full backward compatibility with older optical media. The MegaSTOR Triple Format can read from and write to the media that works best for any application including video editing, archiving treasured family memories and backing up mission critical business applications. The MegaSTOR Triple Format continues to be backed by the company's industry leading two-year warranty, once again proving Mad Dog Multimedia's commitment to Uncompromising Excellence! The MegaSTOR Triple Format Performs Like a Virtual Hard Drive The MegaSTOR Triple Format provides users the ability to rewrite to the same piece of DVD-RAM media up to 100,000 times. This means users will be able to edit any data, music or video that they have previously stored on a DVD-RAM disk; a demanded feature not found with traditional dual format drives. The MegaSTOR Triple Format supports the popular DVD-RAM formats to include type 2, type 4 and single disc. The MegaSTOR Triple Format Stores up to 9.4GB of data The MegaSTOR Triple Format can store up to 9.4 GB of data on a single piece of double sided DVD-RAM media. In addition, the MegaSTOR Triple format will store up to 8.5GB of data on a single piece of Double Layer (DL) media. Consumers can now create up to 16 hours of VHS (Video Home System) A half-inch, analog videocassette recorder (VCR) format introduced by JVC in 1976 to compete with Sony's Betamax, introduced a year earlier. quality video or store up to 27,000 digital photos on a single DVD disc. Businesses can eliminate "paper clutter" by storing up to 4 million pages of text on a single DVD disc. And like previous MegaSTOR 16X drives, the MegaSTOR Triple Format is manufactured "Pb free" conforming to the strictest new lead-free manufacturing standards from around the world. $70 Value of Award Winning Roxio Easy Creator 7 Burning and Editing Software Included The MegaSTOR Triple Format includes a complete version of Roxio's award winning Easy Media Creator Easy Media Creator is optical disc authoring software, produced by Roxio. It is bundled with some optical disc recorders. It was developed from, and obsoletes, Adaptec Easy CD Creator, which Roxio now owns and supports. 7 software which provides consumers with all of the necessary applications to perform photo and video capturing, authoring, burning and editing to professional quality DVDs with animated menus, resizable buttons and background themes. Users do not need to "upgrade" their software to receive these features as they would with the competition's "value drives." Users can backup and restore data to DVDs or CDs in a single drag and drop A graphical user interface (GUI) capability that lets you perform operations by moving the icon of an object with the mouse into another window or onto another icon. For example, files can be copied or moved by dragging them from one folder to another. window. Converting and editing music LPs or tapes to MP3 or WMA formats directly to CDs or DVDs is made simple with the Sound Editor program. Creating data DVDs is made simple by the Drag-to-Disk feature which provides users the ability to simply drag their data files to the Drag-to-Disk icon and burn directly to DVDs. Included in this Mad Dog Multimedia -- Roxio software package is a DVD player with multi channel sound enabled. "Continuing with our first-to-market strategy, Mad Dog Multimedia is again leading the pack with the introduction of the most complete internal DVD-RW on the market today," stated Karen McCauley, Director of Marketing for Mad Dog Multimedia. "Storage demands of businesses and home users continue to increase and whether it is in 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). or DVD-RAM format, Mad Dog Multimedia's MegaSTOR Triple format will meet or exceed the demands of consumers and corporate users." The internal MegaSTOR Triple Format has an 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 $79.99. MegaSTOR Triple Format will be available through Circuit City, Micro Center, CompUSA, COSTCO.COM, SAM's.COM, AAFES AAFES Army & Air Force Exchange Service , NEXCOM NEXCOM Navy Exchange Service Command NEXCOM National Executive Committee NEXCOM Next Generation Air-To-Ground Communication , Datavision, J&R Music World/Computer World, PC Richards, Nebraska Furniture, and Office Depot Canada. About Mad Dog Multimedia Mad Dog Multimedia is a leader in providing high value peripheral products targeted towards the multimedia entertainment and storage demands of consumers and the small to medium business "SMB" market. Products range from optical storage for high quality digital media or critical business data backup, to graphics accelerators and audio cards to "Techie Toyz" case modding accessories. The company, based in San Diego, California “San Diego” redirects here. For other uses, see San Diego (disambiguation). San Diego is a coastal Southern California city located in the southwestern corner of the continental United States. As of 2006, the city has a population of 1,256,951. , is highly responsive to today's volatile multimedia and SMB market needs while delivering products that meet its standard of "Uncompromising Excellence." With a loyal customer base of over 2 million users, the company is expected to launch over 75 new products in 2005. For more information, visit the company's web site at www.mdmm.com. The following are Registered Trademarks or Trademarks of Mad Dog Multimedia(R), Inc.: CHAMPION; CONQUERER; DECIMATOR; DOMINATOR; ENTERTAINER; HYDROCHILL; MAD DOG MULTIMEDIA; MEGACAPTURE; MEGACLOCK; MEGAGLASS; MEGASTOR; MEGAVAULT; POWERCHILL; PREDATOR; PROWLER; and SUREPOWER. All other brands and product names contained herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners and are hereby recognized as such. |
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