World's First 4X/6X CD Recorder From Yamaha To Be Shown At COMDEX '96.SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 18, 1996--Yamaha announced today it will bring the world's fastest read/write CD Recorder to market via Comdex '96. The new Yamaha CDR (1) See CD-R and extension. (2) (Call Detail Reporting) See call accounting. (3) (Common Data Rate) A standard sampling rate for digital video for 480i and 576i systems. The rate is 13.5 MHz. See ITU-R BT. 400, a CD Recorder that writes at four times normal speed and reads at six times, is built on the solid, industry-leading technology of the award-winning CDR100, and has added features demanded by the market. The 6X read function is significant because as CDR prices approach those of CD ROM drives, users can easily replace their CD ROMs with the CD Recorder. Archiving storage, multimedia, audio, software distribution and desktop publishing markets will benefit from this new CD Recordable. "Yamaha is raising the price/performance bar in the CDR industry with the new CDR400," said Bob Starr, general manager, Sales and Marketing for Yamaha YST YST Yukon Standard Time . "Yamaha's goal is to meet customer needs, at a price that will serve to advance this technology." The CDR400 is a feature-laden first in the CD recorder market. The only 4X record, 6X read CD Recorder on the market today, it supports Yamaha's RapidLinked high performance variable and fixed packet writing; has a 2MB buffer to eliminate buffer underrun; and has flash ROM for downloadable firmware upgrades. The CDR400 is available in tray or caddy loading versions and with either 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. or ATAPI (AT Attachment Packet Interface) The specification for ATA (IDE) tape drives and CD-ROMs. See IDE. ATAPI - AT Attachment Packet Interface interface. This is all in addition to the features available previously in the CDR100, the original Award-Winning CDR from Yamaha. CDR200 -- In a simultaneous announcement, Yamaha revealed the availability of the CDR200 which writes at one and 2X speeds, and reads at one, two, four and 6X. The CDR200 has the features of the CDR400 except it offers a 1MB buffer and does not write at 4X speed. CDR400 FEATURES The newest features of the CDR400 include: 2 MB Buffer -- The generous 2 MB data buffer on the recorder virtually eliminates buffer underrun., RapidLinked Packet Writing -- Yamaha's RapidLinked packet writing allows higher performance data transfer. Variable and fixed packet writing provides the user with true floppy disk ease-of-use for back up applications. Consumer applications such as streaming internet data to disk are anticipated, with many more applications expected to evolve as well. It makes more efficient use of available storage space than multi-session products and facilitates writing files of any size to the CD. SCSI and ATAPI Interface Options -- The user of the CDR400 can select one of these two widely accepted standard interfaces. Flash ROM - Software and hardware integrators and OEMs will all appreciate th easier development path made possible with Flash ROM, which allows simple downloading of firmware upgrades. Tray and Caddy Loading -- In response to market demand, tray loading has been added to caddy loading as an option. Five Modes -- The new CDR400 offers session at once, and packet writing modes in addition to the disc-at-once, track-at-once and 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 modes offered on the CDR100. Seven Standard Formats -- Seven standard formats are supported including CD- ROM, CD-ROMXA CD-ROMXA Compact Disk-Read Only Memory Extended Architecture (both photo CD and Video CD), 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. , CD-DIGITAL AUDIO, CD-Extra and Video CD. Platforms Supported -- Initial support is available for Windows 95 and for Macintosh. Yamaha expects that others will soon follow. Yamaha will continue its successful policy of supporting all major platforms with the CDR400. Note: The earlier CDR100, is supported by 25 software developers with 50 separate applications for UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). , Sun, SGI (SGI, Sunnyvale, CA, www.sgi.com) A manufacturer of workstations and servers, founded in 1982 by Jim Clark. The company was founded as Silicon Graphics, Inc., but changed to its acronym in 1999. , Windows '95, Windows NT, OS2, Novell, NLS NLS - Native Language System , Macintosh, HP9000, DOS, DEC, Amiga A personal computer series introduced in 1985 by Commodore. Amigas gained a reputation early on as advanced graphics and multimedia machines, and NewTek's Video Toaster application brought it to the forefront of economical, high-end video editing. , and AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) IBM's Unix-based operating system which runs on its Intellistation workstations and pSeries, p5, iSeries and i5 server families. . Markets "We are seeing very strong growth in archival backup, with no signs of slowing," said Dan Baca, CD Recorder Product Manager for Yamaha. "Audio applications are coming on strong and the multimedia market continues to grow, as well. We expect these markets and others to embrace this technology as it becomes increasingly accessible, both in ease of use and cost." Price and Availability The CDR400 will be available in production quantities beginning in January 1997. The CDR200 will be available in production quantities beginning in February 1997. Yamaha CDR400 (4X/6X internal) $ 849 Yamaha CDR200 (2X/6X internal) $ 549 Yamaha CD Recorder products are available through distributors: Law Cypress Distributing Co., Optical Laser, Revelation Products Inc., Consan Storage Solutions, New Wave Technologies, Todd Enterprises, Inc., Optical Storage Distribution, VAD (Value Added Dealer) Same as VAR. International and Yamaha of Canada. -0- Yamaha Systems Technology Inc. was founded to manufacture and market integrated circuits, board level products and complete systems to OEMs and Distributors. The product line includes multimedia audio, graphics and communications products, as well as custom and semicustom ASICs, and CD Recorder products. CONTACT: Yamaha Systems Technology Inc. Daniel Baca, 408/467-2300 dbaca@yamaha.com or The Lekas Group Joyce Lekas, 415/948-8907 lekas@aol.com |
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