TEAC Announces Industry's First 4X12 CD-Recordable Drive; CD-R55S Features 4X Write, 12X Read and a Low 165ms Average Access Time.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)--Aug. 20, 1997--TEAC, a world leader in the manufacture 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). , CD-Recordable and removable storage technology, Wednesday introduced the newest addition to its Data Storage Products Division, the 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. 55S 4X12 CD-Recordable drive. With the announcement of the CD-R55S, TEAC TEAC Tetraethylammonium Chloride TEAC Theological Education for the Anglican Communion TEAC Technology Education Association of California TEAC Turbine Engine Analysis Check TEAC Timber Export Advisory Committee TEAC Training & Education Advisory Committee again has positioned itself at the forefront of CD-R technology. The drive will be available the week of Sept. 1, 1997, to TEAC's OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and customers and will subsequently be available to their retail distribution channel, in a variety of solutions, in October 1997. "TEAC is committed to manufacturing the highest quality CD-R drives," stated Les Luzar, division manager for TEAC's Data Storage Products Division. "With the new 4X12, we are taking the performance of this technology to a new level; in fact, no other CD-Recordable drive manufacturer today has matched this standard." The CD-R55S is equipped with a power loading Noun 1. power loading - the ratio of the weight of an airplane to its engine power loading - the ratio of the gross weight of an airplane to some factor determining its lift tray for cost savings and added convenience. It supports CD-ROM standards such as 8 cm or 12 cm disks, Audio CD, CD-ROM mode 1 and mode 2, XA ready, CD-I (Compact Disc-Interactive) A compact disc format developed by Philips and Sony that held text, audio and animated graphics. It required a CD-I player that contained its own operating system. , multisession A compact disc capability in which data are recorded in more than one session. Each subsequent recording session can be linked to the previous so that they all appear as one. Each session adds overhead on the disc, because lead-in and lead-out sectors must be recorded each time, which Photo CD, Video CD and Enhanced CD. The drive can write 650MB of information in approximately 15 minutes and reads all CD-ROM formats at 12X speed. Hence, it delivers twice the read and write speeds of today's popular 2X6 CD-Recordable drives. The drive will support the industry's latest packet-writing software, as well as major CD-R mastering software programs, including: CeQuadrat WinOnCD 3.0, Adaptec Easy CD Pro, Elcktroson GEAR, NTI NTI NewTech Infosystems (software company, Irvine, California) NTI Nuclear Threat Initiative NTI National Transit Institute (New Brunswick, New Jersey) NTI Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated CD-Maker and Astarte Toast. Additionally, the CD-R55S supports Windows 3.1x, Windows 95, Windows NT, Unix and Macintosh operating systems. Since 1953, TEAC Corp. has been an innovator and worldwide leader in the development and manufacturing of audio, video and data recording technologies. Its products are utilized in the computer data storage, consumer and professional audio and industrial video and instrumentation markets. TEAC's Data Storage Products Division, a pioneer in both magnetic and optical recording technologies, is the world's leading supplier of floppy disk drives. The division also is a leading worldwide manufacturer of innovative CD-ROM and CD-Recordable drives, as well as optical storage solutions for both desktop and notebook computers. TEAC America's Data Storage Products Division is active in the development, sales and marketing of these storage products throughout the United States, Canada and Latin America. At Optical PRE, TEAC America will be exhibiting its CD-Recordable products in Booth No. 518, Aug. 19-21, at the San Jose Convention Center. For additional information, contact TEAC America, Data Storage Division Headquarters, 7733 Telegraph Rd., Montebello, Calif. 90640. Telephone: 213/726-0303. Fax: 213/727-7672. Web: http://www.teac.com . CONTACT: The Terpin Group Rolland S. Going, 310/821-6100 ext. 109 310/577-9646 (fax) rgoing@terpin.com |
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