Pioneer Announces Industry's First 4.7GB DVD-R and RW Writer.LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 16, 1998--Pioneer New Media Technologies Monday announced plans for the industry's first 4.7GB 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). (Write Once) drive that includes 4.7GB 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. (Rewritable) capabilities. DVD-RW brings rewritability to the popular DVD-R format. DVD Forum A membership organization devoted to defining DVD standards for read-only, rewritable, write-once, video and audio use. Members participate in working groups to develop new standards. approval for both 4.7 GB DVD-R and RW is expected by year-end and product availability is targeted for Q2 1999. "The increased capacity to 4.7GB and rewritability will enable content developers, and any other data intensive user, to easily use this DVD-based standard format for various applications," said Paul Dempsey Paul Dempsey (born 1976 in Melbourne) is the lead singer of Australian rock group Something for Kate. Paul was a founding member of the band, and has since gone out on his own whilst continuing his work with Something for Kate. , senior vice president, sales and marketing, Pioneer New Media Technologies. "This new drive is a natural extension of the existing 3.95GB DVD-R writer and should open new markets in data storage, archival and video authoring." Rewritability is achieved using phase-change technology. Similar in concept to 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. , DVD-RW will enable more than 1,000 rewrites and stores any type of digital information such as video, audio, images, multimedia titles and data files. The DVD-RW drive will be available in both an external and half-height internal version. This SCSI-2 device is capable of writing at 1X 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. speed and reading at 2X DVD-ROM speed, and will include incremental write capabilities. Pioneer plans to begin shipping the drive in Q2 1999 at a target M.S.R.P. of below $5,000. Pioneer New Media Technologies Pioneer New Media Technologies is dedicated to bringing the very best of leading-edge technology to market. Pioneer invented the world's first DVD-Recordable drive, DVD jukebox, multiple-disc CD-ROM changer and offered the first multifunction optical drive capable of reading and writing to both MO and WORM. The Optical Division's products include DVD-R(W) and DVD-ROM drives; CD-ROM drives, changers and jukeboxes; optical drives; MO, WORM, and DVD-R media for a wide range of storage solutions in the educational, government, legal, banking, medical, insurance, finance, industrial and general business markets. For more information, contact Pioneer New Media Technologies Inc. at 2265 E. 220th Street, Long Beach, Calif. 90810; phone 310/952-2111 or 800/444-6784; URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : www.pioneerusa.com. |
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