Taiyo Yuden Releases Glossy Printable DVD-Rs

Taiyo Yuden has developed a special coating layer for the printable surface. Ink is deposited evenly and quickly for CD DVD Inkjet Printers.

According to the company, the new discs offer seven times better printing quality and increased protection against humidity, compared to the previous series of printable optical media.

The DVD-R discs support 16x recording and will be available next month in variations for data, video, and CPRM video.

Source: CDRInfo

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- posted by MF Digital Marketing @ 10:28 AM

 
Verbatim Backs Qflix DVD Media
Verbatim will begin offering a complete line of Qflix DVD media in early 2008. Verbatim has shown interest in supporting both consumers and professionals with their Qflix DVD media offering.

The offering will include a home edition and a printable pro edition which means this product will allow retailers to offer CSS recordable media in their commercial applications.

The Qflix DVD media will be made available sometime in the first half of 2008. The printable Qflix media will be available in both inkjet printable for CD DVD inkjet printers and thermal surface for use with CD DVD thermal printers.

Pricing is yet to be announced from Verbatim.

Source: CDFreaks.

Labels: cd dvd inkjet printer, cd dvd thermal printer, qflix

- posted by MF Digital Marketing @ 10:15 AM

 
Taiyo Yuden Files Patent Infringement Suite
Taiyo Yuden, a well known CD and DVD manufacturer for quality regular and printable media, and the most widely used media for CD and DVD Duplicators, filed suit against two other manufacturers for patent infringement. Taiyo Yuden filed the suit in the United States against Prodisc and Ritek.

Taiyo Yuden filed the suit at a California district court against Prodisc Technology on Oct. 30 and the second suite filed in California against Ritek on Nov. 21.

Taiyo Yuden said the two Taiwanese firms infringed three patents regarding the manufacturing process for recording functions of DVD-R and had refused to pay patent fees.

Rieko Kimoto, TY spokes person, said the company estimates the amount of damage to be several billions of yen (about $1.8 million US), but declined to say how much it is seeking in the suits.

Source: Discread
- posted by MF Digital Marketing @ 10:16 AM

 
Philips Reducing CD Rewritable Royalty Fees
Philips announced several days ago they will reduce the royalty rate for those in compliance for the CD Rewritable disc licensing fee. The decrease is nearly half at 44%. The old fee was 0.045 per disc and with a drop of USD 0.02 the new rate will be 0.025.

The move is in a continued effort of Philips trying to bring manufacturers up-to-date with compliance standings. The reduction shall be available to all licensees who are in full compliance with the terms and conditions of their license agreement with Philips. The reduction shall initially be valid from the 4th quarter of 2007.

MF Digital duplication equipment fully supports burning to rewritable media.

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- posted by MF Digital Marketing @ 1:48 PM

 
Is the War on HD DVD Verse Blu-ray DVD Too Confusing
Recent research shows the format war between HD DVD and Blu-ray is not only causing confusion among consumers, but it will result in major challenges for manufacturers as they seek to stimulate mainstream adoption of either.

According to the JupiterResearch report "Next Generation DVD: Will the Winner Be HD DVD, Blu-ray, or None of the Above?," while HD DVD and Blu-ray camps are attempting to win over the hearts and minds of consumers with next-generation HD content that effort has little impact on purchasing. In fact, less than 25% of consumers purchasing new AV equipment site HD content as the motivator. With such a large number of DVD titles readily available the limited number of HD titles provide little motivation to make the switch.

"CDs and DVDs both offered a clear value proposition to consumers when they were introduced to the marketplace. There was a visible difference in the experience that was easily grasped," explained Michael Gartenberg, JupiterResearch Vice President and lead author of the report. "The real competitor that both these formats face is not each other, but rather low cost DVD players with up-scaling capabilities that pass the 'good enough' test for most consumers."

Further confusing the issue is the growth of broadband popularity which is facilitating content delivery directly to consumers without the need for optical disks. Combined with ease of use and the ability to move content from room to room as well as onto portable devices, the market for downloadable video content continues to grow each day.

"The abundance of material in such a wide variety of formats is going to make adoption of any single standard very difficult as consumers may well opt for a combination of what is already available," said David Schatsky, President of JupiterResearch. "To be successful, manufacturers must offer a clear and visible improvement in quality and functionality as well as place greater emphasis on platform longevity and backward compatibility."

The complete findings of this report are available to JupiterResearch online at www.jupiterresearch.com.
- posted by MF Digital Marketing @ 10:36 AM

 
Raid on Illegal Dutch DVD Manufacturing Plant
Dutch police made a significant bust on DVD pirating in the Netherlands. The police raided a DVD plant capable of making over 900 copies per hour.

The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, which represents the recording industry, said that Dutch police were dismantling the disc factory in Velddriel, southeast of Amsterdam, after raiding it on Tuesday.

The illegal plant was making copies of "Ocean's Thirteen" and "Evan Almighty" and "Die Hard 4" where the source disc may have come from a legitimate plant which has since gone bankrupt.

The Dutch plant also had plans to produce thousands of audio CD discs featuring a compilation of chart music.

The Netherlands lost about $129 million in 2005 because of piracy (according to research group Screen Digest).

Dutch police said the pirated discs where being sold in schools, offices, pubs and via street vendors.

Source: CDRInfo
- posted by MF Digital Marketing @ 9:36 AM

 
The DVD Forum just announced the preliminary specifications for a 51GB Triple Layer HD DVD disc. This announcement is in direct response to fans of Blu-Ray technology.

The Forum presented two formats of the HD DVD disc:

- The HD DVD-ROM Triple layer 51GB (single format)
- The Triple layer Twin format

The triple layer disc is a three layer DVD with each layer storing up to 17GB of data/video, resulting in a total capacity of 51GB.

The disc has been approved by the DVD Forum's WG-11 (Triple layer 51 GB disc Ver.1.9), and is expected to be also approved by the TCG/SC later this year.


The new disc adds a high-end option to the previous HD DVD-ROM disc lineup that includes the 15GB (single-layer, single-sided) and 30GB (dual-layer, single-sided). Commercialization of the 51GB HD DVD-ROm disc could definitely be a strong weapon for the HD DVD format against Sony's Blu-Ray, which currently offers a maximum of 50GB of storage capacity with 2-layer discs.

However, the new HD DVD may not be compatible with older players as the new Triple Layer DVD would use different reading techniques thus eliminating the ability to simply purchase, record and play the new format.

The HD DVD-ROM Triple layer Twin format

This is the second extension of the HD DVD format presented at the DVD Forum conference. This is a single- sided disc with one DVD layer and two HD DVD layers. The available capacities are 4.7GB for DVD and 30Gb for HD DVD.

For the full line of DVD Copier Duplicators from MF Digital please visit our DVD Copier webpage.

Source: CDRInfo.com

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- posted by MF Digital Marketing @ 10:00 AM