Sony's New Line of High Performance CD-RW Drives are Ready to Burn; Spressa CD-RW Drives Provide 10X Speed for Fast, Practical Recording of Video, Audio and Data Files.Business/Technology Editors SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 20, 2000 Sony Electronics Sony Electronics Inc., headquartered in San Diego, Calif., is the largest component of Sony Corporation of America, the U.S. holding company for Sony's U.S.-based electronics and entertainment businesses. is expanding its Spressa(TM) CD-ReWritable CD-Rewritable - Compact Disc Rewritable (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. ) line with four new drives that record at an incredible 10X (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. ) maximum speed, allowing 650MB CDs to be recorded in as little as seven minutes. The high-speed high-speed adj. 1. Operated or designed for operation at high speed: a high-speed food processor. 2. Taking place at high speed: a high-speed chase. 3. capabilities of these new drives make them ideal for the corporate, professional, small office/home office See SOHO. and consumer users who need to store and manage digital images, digital video, text and data quickly and easily. By incorporating user-friendly user-friendly - Programmer-hostile. Generally used by hackers in a critical tone, to describe systems that hold the user's hand so obsessively that they make it painful for the more experienced and knowledgeable to get any work done. software packages, the Spressa drives can create powerful, yet cost effective storage solutions to suit both consumers and professionals. These new drives -- the Spressa i.LINK Sony's name for the IEEE 1394 "FireWire" port. See FireWire. (R) (CRX CRX Civic Renaissance Model X (Honda automobile model) CRX Cone-Rod Homeobox-Containing Gene CRX Civic Renaissance Experimental (Honda) 145E/XI) external drive, the Spressa Professional external SCSI SCSI in full Small Computer System Interface Once common standard for connecting peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, etc.) to small and medium-sized computers. SCSI has given way to faster standards, such as Firewire and USB. (CRX145S/XS), the Spressa Professional internal EIDE (Enhanced IDE) An extension to the IDE interface that supports the ATA-2 and ATAPI standards. ATA-2 (Fast ATA) provides faster transfer rates (see IDE for details) and allows for multiple channels, each connecting two devices. (CRX145E/CH) and the Spressa Professional internal SCSI (CRX145S/C s/c abbr (= self-contained) → indipendente ) -- all support high-speed 10X maximum recording for CD-R, 4X maximum recording for CD-RW and 32X maximum for reading. All four drives will be available next month. "In the past 18 months, we have seen a tremendous surge in the popularity of CD-RW-based products with consumers, and the demand is increasing each month," said Robert Robert, Henry Martyn 1837-1923. American army engineer and parliamentary authority. He designed the defenses for Washington, D.C., during the Civil War and later wrote Robert's Rules of Order (1876). Noun 1. DeMoulin, marketing manager of Value Added Value Added The enhancement a company gives its product or service before offering the product to customers. Notes: This can either increase the products price or value. Products for Sony SONY Standard Oil of New York (common, but untrue; it's an urban legend) Electronics' Computer Components & Peripherals Division. "Whether making a permanent record of family photos from the last vacation or making copies of a baby's first steps from digital video to share with family and friends, Sony's new line of CD-RW drives offer a complete package of fast, reliable hardware with easy to use software all at an affordable price." Along with the new line of 10X (max.) drives, Sony will continue to offer its popular 4X (max.) recording Spressa CD-RW drives at reduced pricing. The Spressa 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. Plus (CRX100E/X2) external drive supports quad speed (4X) maximum CD-RW recording and comes with CD Extreme(TM) (Windows) software, Discribe(TM) CD Creation (Macintosh) software, abCD (Windows) software, Spressa Play & Record software, Retrospect(R) Express software (Windows and Macintosh) and MixMan(R) Studio software. It is currently available for $299(a). The Spressa Value (CRX140E/CH2) internal EIDE drive supports 8X maximum recording (CD-R), 4X maximum recording (CD-RW) and 32X maximum reading, comes with CD Extreme (Windows) software and abCD (Windows) software and will be available next month for $249(a). Spressa i. LINK CD-RW Drive For consumers and "prosumers" who want IEEE-1394 connectivity, speed and performance, Sony's Spressa i.LINK (CRX145E/XI) model is a 10X maximum recording (CD-R), 4X maximum recording (CD-RW), 32X maximum reading external drive, incorporating Sony's i.LINK (IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, www.ieee.org) A membership organization that includes engineers, scientists and students in electronics and allied fields. 1394) high-speed interface, as well as a full suite of Macintosh(R) and Windows(R) software. The i.LINK interface allows other multimedia peripherals, including digital video and still cameras, to be daisy-chained with the CD-RW drive, creating a complete DV "production suite" for burning digital video, still images or audio files. Additionally, because i.LINK technology is "hot plugable," devices can be attached or removed after the computer has been turned on, making it simple to share the CD-RW drive with other systems. The Spressa i.LINK drive comes bundled with Discribe CD Creation software (Macintosh), CD Extreme(TM) (Windows) software, as well as abCD (Windows), Retrospect Express (Windows and Macintosh), and Mixman Studio. The drive is compatible with Windows(R) 98 Second Edition and Mac(R)OS 8.6 or higher platforms. Spressa Professional External SCSI CD-RW Drive The Spressa Professional (CRX145S/XS) is a high performance external drive that incorporates the popular SCSI-based interface. This drive records at a rapid 10X maximum speed (CD-R), 4X maximum (CD-RW), 32X maximum reading. The SCSI interface SCSI interface - SCSI adaptor offers easy and fast connectivity for both PC and Macintosh users. The drive also comes with two built in SCSI connectors There have been a large variety of SCSI connectors in use at one time or another in the computer industry. Probably no computer interconnect (with the possible exception of RS-232 serial) has caused as much confusion. for simple "daisy-chaining" of the drive between multiple systems. The CRX145S/XS comes bundled with a comprehensive software package including Spressa Professional Software suite which includes Discribe CD Creation software (Macintosh), CD Extreme for Windows, abCD for Windows, Retrospect Express for Windows and Macintosh, and Mixman Studio for Windows and Macintosh. Spressa Professional SCSI & EIDE CD-RW Drives Sony's Spressa Professional SCSI (CRX145S/C) and Professional EIDE (CRX145E/CH) are designed as a CD-RW kit for the home and corporate users who want to burn their own CDs using exceptional speed, performance and reliability. The drives offer 10X maximum recording (CD-R), 4X maximum recording (CD-RW), 32X maximum reading and are available in an internal SCSI-2 or internal EIDE (ATAPI (AT Attachment Packet Interface) The specification for ATA (IDE) tape drives and CD-ROMs. See IDE. ATAPI - AT Attachment Packet Interface ) interface. The Spressa Professional drives come with high performance recording software, Sony CD Complete Pro and are compatible with Windows(R) 95/98/2000 or Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. (R) 4.0 systems. Sony's CD Complete Pro offers a robust and feature-intensive applications for Windows-based systems. This package also comes with an integrated product installer that gives users an easy path for choosing which software they prefer to install on their PC. Software includes:
- CD Extreme software allows users to create CD-ROMs, audio CDs and
back-ups of their favorite CDs and CD-ROMs.
- Sony abCD lets users drag-and-drop files and folders to CD-RW
discs as easily as to a floppy or hard drive.
- Spressa Play & Record allows users to listen to their favorite
CDs while archiving files, documents or digital images.
- MixMan Studio offers non-musicians the ability create
professional multimedia audio CDs with an easy-to-use interface.
- Retrospect Express offers full featured back up with disaster
recovery.
In addition, a new service has been added for customers who have previously purchased or plan to purchase any of the new Spressa CD-RW drives with CD Extreme software. Spressa users will have access to a new web site, "Spressa News & Marketplace," for information on new CD-RW models, updates on new software versions, technology tips on how to use the products and special promotions on hardware, software and audio files. All of these services will be available next month only to Spressa customers through software that's bundled with the new drives. For users who currently own a Spressa CD-RW drive with CD Extreme software, please visit Sony's web site, www.sony.com/spressa to receive the latest software update. Warranty, Pricing and Availability Sony supports worry-free installation and easy operation with toll-free customer and technical service, Monday Monday: see week. through Saturday, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., along with a one-year limited warranty Limited warranty A warranty with certain conditions and limitations on the parts covered, type of damage covered, and/or time period for which the agreement is good. from date of purchase.
Spressa Professional CRX145S/XS
- External SCSI Interface
- 10X recording (CD-R), 4X recording (CD-RW), 32X (max.) reading
- Drive dimensions: 10.1" x 7.5" x 2.4" (L x W x H)
- Sustained Data Transfer Rates:
- 150 kB/s Mode 1 (1X, read/write)
- 300 kB/s Mode 1 (2X, read/write)
- 600 kB/s Mode 1 (4X, read/write)
- 1,200 kB/s Mode 1 (8X, read/write)
- 1,500 kB/s Mode 1 (10X CD-R write)
- 4,800 kB/s Mode 1(32X, CAV reading max.)
- Burst data transfer rate:
- 3.0 Mbps (Asynchronous SCSI)
- 5.0 Mbps (Synchronous SCSI)
- Random access time: 150 ms
- Buffer memory: 4 Mb
- Recording method: Disc at Once, Track at Once, Multisession,
Fixed and Variable Packet Writing
- MTBF: 100,000 POH
- Availability - April
- ESP - $379(a)
Spressa i.LINK CRX145E/XI Drive
- External i.LINK Interface
- 10X recording (CD-R), 4X recording (CD-RW), 32X (max.) reading
- Drive dimensions: 10.1" x 7.5" x 2.4" (L x W x H)
- Sustained Data Transfer Rates:
- 150 kB/s Mode 1 (1X, read/write)
- 300 kB/s Mode 1 (2X, read/write)
- 600 kB/s Mode 1 (4X, read/write)
- 1,200 kB/s Mode 1 (8X, read/write)
- 1,500 kB/s Mode 1 (10X CD-R write)
- 4,800 kB/s Mode 1(32X, CAV reading max.)
- Burst data transfer rate: 400 Mbps
- Random access time: 150 ms
- Buffer memory: 4 Mb
- Recording method: Disc at Once, Track at Once, Multisession,
Fixed and Variable Packet Writing
- MTBF: 100,000 POH
- Availability - April
- ESP - $399(a)
Spressa Professional (SCSI)
CRX145S/C Drive
- Internal SCSI Interface
- 10X recording (CD-R), 4X recording (CD-RW), 32X (max.) reading
- Drive dimensions: 5.75" x 1.63" x 8" (L x W x H)
- Sustained Data Transfer Rates:
- 150 kB/s Mode 1 (1X, read/write)
- 300 kB/s Mode 1 (2X, read/write)
- 600 kB/s Mode 1 (4X, read/write)
- 1,200kB/s Mode 1 (8X CD-R read/write)
- 1,500kB/s Mode 1 (10X CD-R write)
- 4,800 kB/s Mode 1 (32X, CAV reading max.)
- Burst data transfer rate:
- 3.0 Mbs (Asynchronous SCSI)
- 5.0 Mbs (Synchronous SCSI)
- Random access time: 150 ms
- Buffer memory: 4 Mb
- Recording method: Disc at Once, Track at Once, Multisession,
Fixed and Variable Packet Writing
- MTBF: 100,000 POH
- Availability - April
- ESP - $329(a)
Spressa Professional (EIDE)
CRX145E/CH Drive
- Internal EIDE interface
- 10X recording (CD-R), 4X recording (CD-RW), 32X (max.) reading
- Drive dimensions: 5.75" x 1.63" x 8" (L x W x H)
- Sustained Data Transfer Rates:
- 150 kB/s Mode 1 (1X, read/write)
- 300 kB/s Mode 1 (2X, read/write)
- 600 kB/s Mode 1 (4X, read/write)
- 1,200kB/s Mode 1 (8X CD-R read/write)
- 1,500kB/s Mode 1 (10X CD-R write)
- 4,800 kB/s Mode 1 (32X, CAV reading max.)
- Burst data transfer rate: 16.7Mbs
- Random access time: 150 ms
- Buffer memory: 4 Mb
- Recording method: Disc at Once, Track at Once, Multisession,
Fixed and Variable Packet Writing
- MTBF: 100,000 POH
- Availability - April
- ESP - $299(a)
(a) Estimated U.S. retail selling prices. Actual prices may vary.
Sony Electronics Inc. Background: Based in San Jose, the Value Added Products Division of Sony Electronics' Computer Components and Peripherals Division markets storage solutions through commercial distribution, industrial distribution, VARs, retail and reseller An organization that sells hardware and software to the general public. Resellers purchase products from software publishers and hardware manufacturers. channels. For additional information about Sony storage products, call (800) 352-7669 or visit Sony's World Wide Web site at http://www.sony.com/storagebysony. |
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