Philips starts shipments of its 16x DVD+R/+RW writer with double layer functionality to leading PC manufacturers.Recently, Philips Electronics announced that it has started shipments of its new 16x DVD writer to main PC manufacturers who will integrate the drives as standard in their new PC systems over coming season. As the first DVD writer manufacturer to ship 8x drives to PC OEMs last September, Philips again leads the competition with the first shipments of its 16x DVD writer with double layer (DVD+R DL) write capability. Philips expects 16x DVD writers to become mainstream for PC systems by the end of 2004 and plans to have productions volume at 600 k units/month in anticipation of the expected increase in market demand. "Consumers massively embraced the 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. video format and now want to create their own DVDs," says Cor Saris, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Philips Optical Storage, the business group in Philips responsible for the development and manufacture of DVD writers. "With the current prices in DVD recorders and DVD writers, the market has reached the price level that will stimulate mass-market adoption." End users will benefit from the full multimedia experience of the latest PCs equipped as standard with Philips' latest high-performance DVD+R/+RW writer. Featuring 16x write speeds on 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. media and up to 8.5 Gbytes of storage capacity on DVD+R DL media, it will allow consumers to create a DVD in less then 6 minutes or to record up to 4 hours of DVD quality video on a single side of one disc. As the Philips DVD writers are fully tested and qualified to work in PCOEMs' new systems, the consumer is guaranteed optimal performance and maximum DVD creation pleasure, without the hassle of having to install this high-performance DVD writer. Philips' latest DVD+R/+RW writer offers the consumer the highest performance and flexibility not only in DVD creation (16x write DVD+R, 2.4x DVD+R DL, 4x rewrite DVD+RW (DVD+Read Write) A rewritable (re-recordable) DVD disc for both movies and data from the DVD+RW Alliance. DVD+RW media can be read on DVD-Video players and computer DVD-ROM drives. , 16x read 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. ), but also in CD creation (40x write 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. , 24x rewrite CD, 40x read 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). ) making it today's most versatile high-performance storage device integrated in standard PCs. Next to sales to PCOEM, Philips branded drives DVDR1640K will be sold in the aftermarket as a complete kit in Europe by July 2004. |
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