Maxell Launches World's First 5X DVD-RAM Media; Fastest and Most Durable Rewritable DVD Media
Maxell
Corporation of America, the technology and marketing leader in premium
recordable media products, today introduced the world's first 5X DVD-RAM disc,
the fastest rewritable, high-capacity DVD media currently available.
Maxell's latest DVD-RAM media is based on its
newly-developed Bismuth Coupling Material (BCM) recording layer, which improves
signal to noise ratio for higher reliability during high-speed recording. The
new media has a capacity of 4.7GB, which equates to up to six hours of video in
extended play mode. It is also backward compatible, supporting recording at 2X
and 3X in addition to its 5X speed. The single-sided disc is compatible with all
DVD-RAM drives and recorders and RAM readable DVD-ROM devices and DVD players.
Maxell's advanced hard coating provides superior durability and the anti-static properties make the Maxell 5X DVD-RAM media resistant to dust and dirt. BCM recording layer technology, together with an error correction system, and unrivaled shelf life ensures high reliability for data storage and recovery. Maxell's latest DVD-RAM product is ideally suited for multimedia storage, software title production, large file storage, data transfer and library systems, as well as high-capacity archival storage.
"More and more individuals, businesses and corporations are turning to DVD media as a way to store and archive critical digital information," said Peter Brinkman, Vice President of Marketing, Maxell Corporation of America. "By offering the industry's most advanced and fastest DVD-RAM media, we are making the commitment to our customers that, Maxell media will be there to safeguard their most sensitive business data."
DVD-RAM is an advanced recording media format that offers a range of digital data applications. Its phase-change recording material allows discs to be re-recordable and erasable, and a superior defect management system ensures accurate recording and playback. DVD-RAM allows instant, random access to any location on the disc for fast and easy data reading and writing. Because DVD-RAM supports fast formatting and no finalizing, it is an extremely easy-to-use media. And with DVD-RAM, changes can be made directly on the disc without the need to transfer data to a hard drive first, speeding up the editing tasks.
Maxell DVD-RAM discs are backed by a limited lifetime warranty, satisfaction guarantee and toll-free technical support. The 5X DVD RAM media will be available in June 2004 and will be shown by Maxell at a RAM Promotion Group event in conjunction with CeBIT America in New York City.
About Maxell
A technology and marketing leader in premium recordable media products since 1969, Maxell Corporation of America, is a full-line manufacturer of digital and analog media products for the data storage, consumer and broadcast markets. Maxell's Data Storage Group serves the needs of customers from the desktop to the data center with one of the industry's broadest lines of premium digital recording media. Offerings include DLTtape, Super DLTtape, LTO and DDS data cartridges. Maxell is a full line supplier of recordable DVD media, including DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, DVD-RAM, as well as CD-R/RW media. All Maxell data storage products are backed by a limited lifetime warranty and 24 hour toll-free technical support. Additional information on Maxell can be found on the company's web site: www.maxell-data.com.
LTO and Ultrium are trademarks of HP, IBM and Seagate
RSS in the U.S., other countries or both. DLTtape and Super DLTtape are
trademarks or registered trademarks of Quantum Corporation in the USA and other
countries.
Source: Business Wire
