BeQuiet Jubiläum Banner 970x90
Breaking News

Xbox & Bethesda Developer_Direct Showcases Games Coming to Xbox, PC and Game Pass Samsung announces Odyssey Neo G7 43″ First Mini-LED Flat Gaming Monitor SK hynix Develops World’s Fastest Mobile DRAM LPDDR5T MSI Kicks Off New Partnership with Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Racing Pioneer Japan releases new BDR-WX01DM external BD/DVD/CD writer for JIS X6257 standard and 100-year lifespan BD-R disc

logo

  • Share Us
    • Facebook
    • Twitter
  • Home
  • Home
  • News
  • Reviews
  • Essays
  • Forum
  • Legacy
  • About
    • Submit News

    • Contact Us
    • Privacy

    • Promotion
    • Advertise

    • RSS Feed
    • Site Map

Search form

Toshiba to release DVD-RW device in 2002

Toshiba to release DVD-RW device in 2002

General Interest Dec 18,2001 0

Toshiba Corp. said it is developing an optical disc device for integration in a PC for DVD-RW discs. Toshiba has been developing rewritable DVD devices only in DVD-RAM format, but it has decided to go into the DVD-RW market because of the sales slowdown in DVD-RAMs. The company is planning to release the product in the summer of 2002. The new device will have the capability to write on CD-R and CD-RW as well, but detailed specifications on the recording speed for each disc or on how to read the DVD-RAM disc recorded with other devices has not been decided.

Meanwhile, Hitachi-LG Data Storage Inc., a joint venture between Hitachi Ltd. and LG Electronics Inc. of Korea, announced in November 2001 that it would release a recordable DVD device, the "GMA-4020B," which can write on both DVD-R/-RW/-RAM and CD-R/RW discs. Hitachi-LG commented that the DVD-RAM disc is an excellent rewritable device for PCs, but the firm has decided to develop the new product since there was a strong demand from PC manufacturers requesting the DVD-R/-RW disc device for compatibility with regular DVD players.

Since Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Toshiba, and Hitachi have been actively promoting DVD-RAMs, the move toward DVD-RWs can have various influences in the industry. Toshiba, however, emphasizes that it will still continue to produce DVD-RAMs. "While shipments of DVD-RAMs are less than 1,000 units a month, we are ready to produce more of them when the demand gets bigger," the company said. "DVD-RAM is the most suitable recordable device for PCs, and our view on DVD-RAM, that it will continue to grow, has not changed."

In the meantime, Toshiba has already released hybrid products for consumers, the "RD-2000" and "RD-X1," which combine the DVD-RAM standard and an HDD. RD-X1, for example, has a "simultaneous, high speed library dubbing" function, which enables multiple programs to be recorded to the DVD-RAM at the same time. Toshiba says that these devices have such functions already and therefore it has not yet determined whether it will develop DVD-RW video recording devices for consumers.

Tags: Toshiba
Previous Post
LSI Logic releases high performance 36GB HD
Next Post
In House News: 3 new hardware reviews!

Related Posts

  • Toshiba MG10 20TB HDD

  • Toshiba Renews its Popular Streamlined Canvio Basics Hard Drive Series

  • Toshiba completes acquisition of OCZ Technology Group's Assets and launches new subsidiary, OCZ Storage Solutions

  • Toshiba’s latest 20TB HDDs receive Microchip’s Adaptec SmartRAID controller qualification

  • Toshiba Announces 20TB MG10 Series Hard Disk Drives

  • Toshiba P300 2TB 7200 HDD

  • Collaboration between Toshiba and Visiotech addresses demand for high capacity data storage in video surveillance applications

  • Toshiba Announces New P300 2TB Desktop PC Hard Drive Running at 7200RPM

BeQuiet Jubiläum Banner 300x600

 

Latest News

Xbox & Bethesda Developer_Direct Showcases Games Coming to Xbox, PC and Game Pass
Gaming

Xbox & Bethesda Developer_Direct Showcases Games Coming to Xbox, PC and Game Pass

Samsung announces Odyssey Neo G7 43″ First Mini-LED Flat Gaming Monitor
Gaming

Samsung announces Odyssey Neo G7 43″ First Mini-LED Flat Gaming Monitor

SK hynix Develops World’s Fastest Mobile DRAM LPDDR5T
Enterprise & IT

SK hynix Develops World’s Fastest Mobile DRAM LPDDR5T

MSI Kicks Off New Partnership with Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Racing
Gaming

MSI Kicks Off New Partnership with Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Racing

Pioneer Japan releases new BDR-WX01DM external BD/DVD/CD writer for JIS X6257 standard and 100-year lifespan BD-R disc
Optical Storage

Pioneer Japan releases new BDR-WX01DM external BD/DVD/CD writer for JIS X6257 standard and 100-year lifespan BD-R disc

Popular Reviews

Withings Thermo Wi-Fi-connected temporal thermometer

Withings Thermo Wi-Fi-connected temporal thermometer

EnGenius ECW230 Access Point

EnGenius ECW230 Access Point

Withings Body Plus Scale

Withings Body Plus Scale

Withings Sleep Analyzer

Withings Sleep Analyzer

Noctua NH-D12L CPU Cooler

Noctua NH-D12L CPU Cooler

EnGenius ECW230S AP

EnGenius ECW230S AP

Scythe Fuma 2 CPU Cooler

Scythe Fuma 2 CPU Cooler

be quiet! Pure Rock 2 FX

be quiet! Pure Rock 2 FX

Main menu

  • Home
  • News
  • Reviews
  • Essays
  • Forum
  • Legacy
  • About
    • Submit News

    • Contact Us
    • Privacy

    • Promotion
    • Advertise

    • RSS Feed
    • Site Map
  • About
  • Privacy
  • Contact Us
  • Promotional Opportunities @ CdrInfo.com
  • Advertise on out site
  • Submit your News to our site
  • RSS Feed