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Recordable DVD hits the mainstream
News DVD-RAM players They use 4.7Gb DVD-RAM discs, giving up to two hours recording. The 4.7GB DVD-RAM discs are fully backwards compatible. The fact that DVD-RAM players will hit the market first, combined with Samsung's excellent track record in...
[March 30, 2000, 14:41]
Microsoft backs DVD rewritable group
News The rival DVD Forum, which includes Apple Computer, Hitachi, NEC, Pioneer, Samsung and Sharp, advocates the DVD-RAM, DVD-R and DVD-RW formats. Microsoft also supports DVD-RAM in Windows. Microsoft is taking a more active role in developing one of...
[February 25, 2003, 7:58]
Very flexible, especially with my \Panasonic DVD recorder, which is excellent.
Member Review DVD-RAM works just like a hard drive and is excellent for backing up data. I did a lot of research before deciding on Panasonic's DVD-RAM options and I don't understand why DVD-RAM as a recording and data storage medium is not rated by the UK PC...
[May 17, 2004, 13:08]
New DVD spec gains speed
News The DVD Forum, a rival consortium promoting the DVD-R, DVD-RW and DVD-RAM formats, has been working on technology specifications for 4X DVD-R and 2X DVD-RW that should be available this month. See the DVD News Section for the latest on DVD-Ram...
[August 9, 2002, 9:31]
HP scraps 3GB DVD+RW drive
News The DVD+RW format is in competition with DVD RAM to become the standard DVD re-writable format. One of the advantages of DVD+RW, which like DVD RAM gives unlimited data rewrite capabilities, is that the discs do not have to be contained in a...
[November 5, 1999, 16:25]
dvdram-en-20070907111350.zip
Downloads This package supports the following driver models:TSSTcorp CD/DVDW TS-L632A HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GMA-4020B HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4040B HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GMA-4040B HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4081B HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4082B HL-DT-ST DVDRAM_GSA-4080N HL-DT-ST DVDRAM...
[May 22, 2003, 8:00]
Digital Archive Systems
White Papers Against this background, Hitachi, Ltd.has developed a digital archive system equipped with digital versatile disc random access memory (DVD-RAM), which is now receiving attention as next-generation large-capacity universal media.
[December 9, 2004, 2:00]
Quotes of the Week, August 8-15
News DVD-RAM is sampling, but if all firms don't agree [on a standard technology] it could delay products by six to nine months. My understanding is this essentially takes that product outside, and it can't be called DVD-RAM.
[August 15, 1997, 14:21]
CES: DVD formats face off
News The new specification allows future drives to read all three DVD Forum formats: DVD-R, DVD-RW and DVD-RAM. The Recordable DVD Council advances products approved by the DVD Forum, which consists of companies that manufacture discs and drives for the...
[January 11, 2002, 8:31]
Apple steps up to G4 Macs
News A 500MHz configuration with 256MB of RAM, a 27GB hard drive and DVD-RAM, is due in October for $3,499 (£2,133). A 450MHz model with 128MB of RAM, a 20GB hard drive and DVD-ROM will ship in September for $2,499 (£1,524).
[September 1, 1999, 8:44]
Recordable DVD set to boom
News Ritek chief executive Gordon Yeh said that DVD-R would account for for 160 million units, with DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-RW and DVD-RAM formats making up about 40 million discs each. See the Digital Rights News Section for the latest on DVD-Ram, DVD-RW...
[November 27, 2002, 12:45]
Philips: Microsoft's backing DVD+RW
News Microsoft already supports a competing rewritable DVD format, called DVD-RAM, in Windows. A group of companies called the DVD Forum, which includes Apple, Hitachi, NEC, Pioneer, Samsung and Sharp, advocates the DVD-RAM, DVD-R and DVD-RW formats.
[April 16, 2002, 10:53]
Low-cost laptops jump on desktop P4 bandwagon
News The Gateway 400 notebook, priced at $1,499 (£960) before rebates, includes a 2GHz Pentium 4 desktop chip, a 14.1-inch screen, 256MB of RAM, a 20GB hard drive and a DVD drive. Dell's new SmartStep 200N comes with a 2GHz Pentium 4 desktop chip, a 15...
[July 30, 2002, 7:49]
DVD makers head for home video
News Sonic Solutions' software will allow consumers to edit and create videos, which can be recorded onto DVD-RAM or DVD-R discs. Panasonic's upcoming DVD-RAM/R drive will be demonstrated at this week's trade show.
[April 24, 2001, 8:58]
Iomega Super DVD 4x Internal drive review
Reviews Most other multi-format drives support only a few or most of the formats, and it's particularly rare for a drive to support both DVD+RW and DVD-RAM, as the Super DVD drive does. The DVD-R and DVD+R formats are most likely to play in a standard DVD...
[November 18, 2003, 11:00]
Why DVDs have been a desktop dud
News That will happen, he said, once DVD-RAM hits the market -- although no one can say for certain when that might be. DVD-RAM allows people to write onto DVD-ROM discs, which is what some people consider the missing element to the DVD technology.
[August 25, 2000, 9:13]
In DVD war, Sony takes sides - both
News Sony belongs to the DVD Forum, which supports the DVD-RW, DVD-R and DVD-RAM formats, and the DVD+RW Alliance. DeMoulin said Sony looked at adding support for DVD-RAM but the cost -- about $20 for manufacturing, which translates to $75 to consumers...
[September 10, 2002, 7:53]
Apple takes early DVD lead
News Apple also offers direct support for DVD-RAM and DVD-R right from its operating system. The company started with DVD-RAM, which perhaps is the easiest of the DVD technologies to use for data but has severe compatibility problems with commercial DVD...
[April 9, 2002, 9:38]
Pioneer expands DVD-rewritable support
News More recently, Microsoft said that it would support DVD+RW, DVD-RW, DVD-R and DVD-RAM in future versions of its desktop operating system after announcing last year that it would support DVD+RW in its OS.
[May 19, 2003, 7:49]
DVD technology explained
News DVD RAM is more difficult technology to implement according to de Bonis. Driven by the technology behind CD rewriters -- which only needed tweaking to produce DVD RAM -- the format would have mass appeal, allowing a DVD player to perform the same...
[May 14, 1999, 16:11]
