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DVD-RAM TuneUp Pro
Downloads DVD-RAM TuneUp is the one utility you need to set up, run, speed up, test & repair DVD-RAM drives and media. It is the world's first and most widely used UDF file system utility for Apple Macintosh and PowerMac computers.
[December 15, 2001, 7:00]
DVD-RAM group asks for approval
News DVD-RAM, which specifies a single-sided rewriteable disk with 2.6Gb capacity, has come under threat from Sony, which proposes a 3Gb capacity. Philips and Hewlett-Packard have backed Sony.
[August 19, 1997, 9:57]
Nuggets: Panasonic DVD-RAM means business
News Along with the likes of Toshiba and Hitachi, Panasonic predicts big things for the DVD-RAM format. So no surprise that its latest DVD-ROM drive is one of the first retail drives to be able to read DVD-RAM.
[August 6, 1999, 11:42]
DVD grows up - Panasonic high capacity DVD-RAM
News The company says the first rewritable DVD-RAM drive, capable of writing to and reading from high capacity disks -- 9.4Gb compared with today's 5.4Gb -- will be available early next year. Panasonic's marketing manager John Newman promised a DVD set...
[July 16, 1999, 12:03]
7Gb MO could make DVD-RAM redundant
News A new magneto-optical specification could cut off DVD-RAM at the pass. Certainly DVD-RAM is going to have a lot of momentum and hype but users can better choose on price points and value . AS MO will be based on MiniDisc and MO technology and will...
[February 20, 1997, 10:21]
Panasonic breaks £200 DVD-RAM barrier
News Panasonic has launched the first sub-£200 DVD-RAM drive as part of a major push for DVD-RAM acceptance in Europe, but analysts say it has little chance of breaking the hold of a rival DVD format camp.
[March 7, 2003, 16:36]
Five years ago: 7Gb MO could make DVD-RAM redundant
News A new magneto-optical specification could cut off DVD-RAM at the pass. Certainly DVD-RAM is going to have a lot of momentum and hype but users can better choose on price points and value . AS MO will be based on MiniDisc and MO technology and will...
[February 17, 2002, 6:01]
Hitachi preps first DVD-RAM camcorder
News Hitachi America announced at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, which ends Tuesday, that it will have a DVD-RAM camcorder on retail shelves by the end of January. Dataquest analyst Mary Craig said she believes consumer demand will lag...
[January 10, 2001, 13:55]
LG drive writes to all DVD formats
News As the debate continues over which DVD rewritable format is best, LG has launched what it claims to be the first drive to support all three formats: DVD-RW, DVD+RW and DVD-RAM. Panasonic and parent company Matsushita Electrical have been relatively...
[August 8, 2003, 16:45]
Panasonic LF-D521 DVD Burner II review
Reviews The major disadvantages of DVD-RAM are the high media costs, and the fact that home video recorders still do not -- for the most part -- support the format. Furthermore, until very recently, DVD-RAM drives have been relatively expensive.
[March 17, 2003, 15:00]
DVD formats at a glance
News DVD RAM The second version of DVD-RAM, which has been ratified by the DVD Forum, has a capacity of 4.7Gbytes. It has not been ratified by the DVD Forum, and is effectively a direct competitor to DVD RAM.
[November 29, 1999, 16:28]
Format wars heat up with Panasonic DVD launch
News Panasonic's VDR-1000 DVD-RAM player records onto DVD-RAM discs but is not compatible with Pioneer's DVD-RW machine -- the first recordable DVD player -- announced at the end of last year. Supporting real-time MPEG2 compressed video recording...
[January 14, 2000, 14:40]
LGE GSA-4040B review
Reviews LGE's GSA-4040B is the first and only optical drive on the market to support writing for all five of the DVD flavours: DVD-R and DVD+R, DVD-RW and DVD+RW, and DVD-RAM. Not for long, though: Iomega has announced its own multi-format DVD-RAM-writing...
[August 4, 2003, 5:33]
Windows to embrace multiple DVD formats
News The software giant said at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) in New Orleans that it will provide built-in support for DVD+RW, DVD-RW/-R and DVD-RAM in future versions of its desktop operating system.
[May 9, 2003, 15:58]
HP drives compatibility with DVD+RW
News The others include DVD+R, DVD-R (DVD-recordable), DVD-RW (DVD-rewritable) and DVD-RAM. See the DVD News Section for the latest on DVD-Ram, DVD-RW, zoning and copy protection. Hewlett-Packard announced on Monday two new DVD+RW drives that aim to...
[March 12, 2002, 9:08]
The dirt on DVD review
Reviews DVD-recording formats include DVD-R (write once), DVD-RW (rewriteable), DVD+R (write once), DVD+RW (rewriteable) and DVD-RAM (rewriteable). DVD-RAM is primarily a data storage format, while the DVD-R/-RW and the more recent DVD+R/+RW standards are...
[January 10, 2003, 9:59]
CeBIT 2000: VHS is dead, hail DVD+RW: 1st public demo
News The six companies behind the standard, Sony, Yamaha, Philips, Ricoh, Hewlett-Packard and Matsushita, believe the demonstration, which focused heavily on the format's backwards compatibility with all existing DVD players, will establish the format...
[February 25, 2000, 17:15]
DVD groups hold their ground
News The DVD Forum, which promotes the DVD-R, DVD-RW and DVD-RAM formats, doesn't appear to be budging either. The DVD Forum, whose members include Apple, Hitachi, NEC, Pioneer, Samsung and Sharp -- promote and develop the DVD-RAM, DVD-R and DVD-RW...
[September 18, 2002, 14:02]
Sony straddles the DVD fence
News Sony plans to continue supporting DVD-RW through its membership in the DVD Forum -- a group of hardware makers developing the DVD-RW, DVD-R and DVD-RAM formats -- and by selling and manufacturing the competing discs.
[November 26, 2001, 9:56]
Panasonic promises longer DVD-DVR recording
News The device, set for release in August at a price of about $1,200 (£738), allows people to record live television shows to either the hard drive or to a DVD-RAM or DVD-R disc. But unlike its rivals, Panasonic is backing older formats, DVD-RAM/-R.
[July 15, 2003, 9:59]
