| 29-06-99 |
CD Info
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Added CD Info for:
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- Imation
CD-R74 [CMC] - Thanks Thierry & KGHia
Since about a month Imation
switched from their quality Taiyo Yuden CD-R's to the lesser quality CMC Magnetics CD-R's. They can be recognized on the outside as the packaging now states that the CD-R's are for 1x-4x
speed. Also on the back the copyright message changed from ©1997 Imation to ©1999 Imation.
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CDR Identifier Update
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G&M
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Added the CDR Identifier 1.32 to the CD-R Utilities page. Update: Added 2 new manufacturers (Acer Media Tech. Inc.).
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Kodak CD-PROM Technology
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Yahoo!Finance
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Eastman Kodak Company announced Kodak CD-PROM technology.
Kodak CD-PROM technology (for Compact Disc-Programmable ROM) combines the technologies of two CDs in one new type of media. It contains mass-replicated information, like the software titles, music and games published on CD-ROM. But these discs add a new feature, a recordable area that lets CD-PROM users customize individual discs. One of the main reasons for this new media is to reduce piracy of copyrighted information and to provide companies with a more efficient way to distribute their products on CD... More info here.
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| 28-06-99 |
CD Info |
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- Acorn
Millennium CD-R74 - Thanks Jason from Plexus Digital Solutions [UK]
- BWE
CD-R80 Multispeed - Thanks Roy Tan from CDC
Nijmegen [The Netherlands]
- MMore
CD-R74 [CMC]
- Lead Data CD-RW74 2x
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| BWE CD-R80 Media
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| Last week we received a package from Computer Discount Center containing the BWE
CD-R80 Multispeed CD-R's.
We have been testing these CD-R's by burning a few Data & Audio CD's and they behaved quite well. Even my picky JVC Car CD-Player accepted them without any problem.
The BWE
CD-R80 Multispeed CD-R's are made by Postech, a CD Manuafacturer not that common overhere in Europe. More indepth info can be found on the BWE page.
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| CD Vergleich
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| Added CD Vergleich to the
CD-R Utilities
page.
CD Vergleich is a small tool which can compare a CD and a CD-Image or two CD's with each other. This is extremely handy when you have to know for sure that the original & copied are exactly the same.
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| 25-06-99 |
CD Info
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LG Electronics DRD-8080B DVD-ROM Hits 8X
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MaximumPC
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LG Electronics, one of the world's largest manufacturers of CD-ROM and DVD-ROM drives, is the first manufacturer to formally announce and show the first 8x DVD-ROM drive... More info here.
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X-Pression Bin-X
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Bin-X is a new tool which is used to convert .BIN/.CUE files (created with CDRWIN) to ISO & WAV files. This way CD-Writers which can't handle the .BIN/.CUE files now can convert them and then are able to write the ISO/WAV files to CD-R.
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Firmware Updates
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| Product |
Version |
Update |
| Plextor PX-W820 |
1.05 |
Info |
| Creative CDRW4224E |
1.36 |
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Thanks Florian & Dave for the info!
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The Week in Review
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CD/DVD NewsWire
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DVD Info:
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| 23-06-99 |
CD Info |
| Added CD Info/Pictures for:
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- Samsung
CD-R74 Blue - Thanks Bill Crackpot.
- Memorex
CD-R74 Gold - Thanks Jason Leung.
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| Teac CD-R54
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| Teac
has announced it first ever CD-ReWritable drive. Until now they only made CD-Recordable drives without the rewritable option. The Teac CD-R54E is capable of 4x Write & ReWrite & 32x Read... More info here.
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| Philips 4x Speed CD-ReWriters
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Philips
adds three new CD-ReWriters to it's current CDRW400 product-line:
- Philips PCRW 464K - External drive with USB For computers with Universal Serial Bus (USB) connections.
- Philips PCRW 463K - External drive with PCMCIA.
- Philips PCRW 404K - Internal drive.
Most likely the Philips PCRW 404K
will be based on the new Teac CD-R54E drive... More info here.
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| Toshiba SD-W1111 DVD-RAM Drive
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| Toshiba
introduced the SD-W1111 Advanced DVD-RAM Drive:
Here are the technical drive specifications:
- DVD-RAM Read/Write
- DVD-ROM Read
- CD-ROM Read
- Capacity SS/DS
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1x (1350 KB/s)
2x (2700 KB/s)
16x (2400 KB/s)
2.6 GB / 5.2 GB |
More info here.
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| 22-06-99 |
MMore CD-R80 Media Problems |
Lately there have been reports from users that 5-Pack MMore
Extra Capacity CD-R80 Media's, bought at Dynabyte, sometimes contain a few 74 minutes CD-R's. All of the CD-R's have the same Gold/Black MMore Extra Capacity CD-R80
front/back covers.The included 74 minutes CD-R's are, like the 80 minutes, made by Ritek
and are easy to recognize as they are missing the "80" marking on the inside ring of the CD-R.
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| MMore/Ritek CD-R80 Media |
MMore/Ritek CD-R74 Media |
It is very well possible that this "switch" is an packaging error at the Ritek
factory. Just exchange the "faulty" CD-R's at your local vendor for real MMore Extra Capacity CD-R80
Media.MMore
mainly sells it's CD-R's in The Netherlands so be careful what you buy and check the CD-R's itself.
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| Matsushita 9.4 GB DVD-RAM Drive
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EMedia
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| Matsushita developed the first DVD-RAM drive capable of reading & writing dual-sided 9.4 GB DVD-RAM media (4.7 GB on each side). It is also read/write compatible with 2.6 GB DVD-RAM discs and read compatible with DVD-ROM, DVD-Video, DVD-R and various CD discs... More info here.
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| CD Speed Update
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CD Speed
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| Added the CD Speed 0.41 to the CD-R Utilities page.
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| The Week in Review
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CD/DVD NewsWire
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| 20-06-99 |
PC Welt |
| The CD Media World has been featured in the July 1999 issue of the German magazine PC Welt.
The URL & picture of the CD-Writer Modifications
page can be seen in their Tips & Tricks: So brennen Sie CDs richtig article.
Click the picture to read the original article (in German) [379 kb]
Thanks Pedro & SWENSKE for mentioning it!!
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| 19-06-99 |
Software Releases
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For a complete overview see the CD-Writer Software & Audio/MP3 Software
pages.
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| The Week in Review
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CD/DVD NewsWire
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| CD Recordable Info:
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| 17-06-99 |
DVD Review Updates |
| Added a few reviews to the CD Reviews
& DVD Reviews page:
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| Divx R.I.P
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CD/DVD NewsWire
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| The makers of Divx, a rentable DVD system, have announced that they will discontinue operations because they were not able to get enough backing from studios and other retailers... More info here.
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| Ricoh MediaMaster MP7060 CD-ReWriter
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CD/DVD NewsWire
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Ricoh will be shipping the Ricoh MP7060 6x/4x/24x CD-ReWriter this July. It will be fastest available CD-R/CD-RW combination on the market today. The drive will be available with a SCSI (MP7060S) or a IDE/Atapi (MP7060A) interface and comes with a 2 Mb
buffer. The included software is CeQuardrat WinOnCD 3.6 & Seagate BackupExec... More info here.
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| Mitsubishi/Verbatim DVD+RW & DVD-R Media |
CD/DVD NewsWire |
| Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation and its subsidiary, Verbatim Corporation, announced the release of two new media types for recordable DVD drives: 3 Gb DVD+ReWritable (DVD+RW) and 4.7 Gb DVD-Recordable (DVD-R) media... More info here. |
| Adaptec EasyCD Creator 4.0 |
Adaptec |
Adaptec will release the new 4.0 release of EasyCD Creator in early fall of this year.
This package will also contain the Take Two software which we introduced a week ago. Other key features include the ability to turn authorized MP3 songs into CDs, access to the CDDB online Disc Recognition Service, and the ability to edit video clips for customized movies... More info here. |
| 15-06-99 |
CDR Identifier Update |
G&M |
| Added the CDR Identifier 1.31 to the CD-R Utilities page. Update: Added 2 new manufacturers (TDK Corp. & Mitsubishi Corp.).
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| CD Speed Update
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CD Speed
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| Added the CD Speed 0.4 to the CD-R Utilities page.
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| Software Releases
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For a complete overview see the CD-Writer Software & Audio/MP3 Software
pages.
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Firmware Updates
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CDR-Info
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| Product |
Version |
Update |
| Plextor PX-W4220 |
1.02 |
CD-Text Read/Write Support |
| Teac CD-R56S-4x0 |
1.0J |
CD-Text Read/Write Support |
| Teac CD-R56S-600 |
1.0J |
| Teac CD-R58S |
1.0J |
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| 14-06-99 |
CD Info |
| Added CD Info/Pictures for:
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| Plextor PX-R820 OverSize/Overburn Problems
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| Lately were are getting confusing reports if the Plextor PX-R820Ti/e CD-Writer is able to OverSize/Overburn or not. We know that the Plextor drives tend to locks up near the physical end of a CD-R. The CD-R has been written correctly but the system has to be restarted.
Plextor officially doesn't support this option and that they don't give any support on this subject but this doesn't tell us if it works or not. Any comments can be send here!
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| Adaptec EasyCD Creator to use CDDB |
CD/DVD NewsWire |
| CDDB, the leading CD information source has granted Adaptec's New Easy CD Creator 4 Deluxe access to the CDDB online Disc Recognition Service... More info here. |
| Create Custom Disc Media at Virgin MegaStore |
CD/DVD NewsWire |
| Virgin Entertainment Group announced an agreement with RedDotNet, a Digital on Demand company, that will enable Virgin Megastore customers to download music and create custom CDs, DVDs, and MiniDiscs in-store, a revolutionary development heralding a new wave of music retailing... More info here. |
| 11-06-99 |
The Week in Review |
CD/DVD NewsWire |
| CD Recordable Info:
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| 10-06-99 |
Take Two Crash Recovery |
| Adaptec Take Two for Windows 95/98/NT4.0 is software which is able to backup and recovers hard disks to and from CD-R/RW very easily.
Take Two automatically spans data across multiple CD-R/W discs if it won't fit on a single disc. Furthermore, Take Two includes a data-compression option, requiring less space on CD-R/RW than the original size of the disk partition. When FAT16 or FAT32 file systems is being used then unused sectors are skipped. This can save a lot of unused space.
When a backup is made it is always possible to restore individual files back from the CD-R/RW to the hard disk. A separate bootable diskette is created for restoring a hard disk from scratch. Only for notebooks with a PCMCIA CD-ROM, additional socket services or a port enabler are needed to make the CD-ROM available for the restore process.
Take Two requires Adaptec DirectCD 2.5d or higher for writing the CD-R/RW.
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| Teac Ships CD-R58S & Lower CD-R56S Prices |
Yahoo! Finance |
| Teac
ships the first 8x24 CD-Recordable drives and New Lower Price Points announced for the current 6X24 Models.
Teac's latest 8X24 CD-R records at 1200 kb/s (8X speed) and, as all previous models, only comes with a SCSI interface. The has a DAE rate of 12xaudio. In addition, the drive transfers audio from one disc to another at an audio extraction rate of 12X. More info here.
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| Plextor PleXWriter 8/2/20 |
| Plextor
introduced the latest addition to it's CD-Writer family: PleXWriter 8/2/20 (PX-W8220Ti/e). The drive combines the existing
PleXWriter 8/20 drive & a 2x ReWritable option. In addition it also is able to Read & Write CD-TEXT!
CD-TEXT is the latest extension of the standard Audio CD that contains additional information besides the audio tracks. This information can be the title of the CD, the name of the artist, info on the tracks (songtitle, artist) and more.
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| Software Releases
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For a complete overview see the CD-Writer Software & Audio/MP3 Software
pages. |
| 09-06-99 |
CD-Cops Decrypter v0.9 Beta |
| Added the CD-Cops Decrypter v0.9 Beta
to the CD Protection
page.
The CD-Cops Decrypter is a tool which is able to remove the protection from a CD-Cops protected application. Not all versions of the CD-Cops
protection are supported yet so any kind of feedback is very welcome and can be send to: mcLallo
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| Creative NOMAD Digital Audio Player
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| Creative's
answer to the Rio from Diamond
is called: NOMAD
The NOMAD comes in two versions:
- NOMAD 32 with 32 Mb RAM and provides up to 1 hour of CD-quality audio and 2 1/2 hours of voice-recording with adjustable bitrate encoding.
- NOMAD 64 with 64 Mb (32 Mb onboard/32 Mb as a removable media upgrade card). It provides up to 2 hours of CD-quality audio and 4 hours of voice-recording with adjustable bitrate encoding. As an extra it also includes a fully functional digital FM tuner for live music!
A separate "docking-station" (see picture on the right) is used to communicate with the NOMAD.
More picture are available at PC Watch Japan.
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| Software Releases
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For a complete overview see the CD-Writer Software page.
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| 08-06-99 |
Philips CDD3610 Firmware Update |
Traxdata released the Firmware 3.09 for the Traxdata CDRW2260 Plus. It has now been confirmed that this firmware also works on all CD-Writers based on the Philips CDD3610 drive. The new firmware mainly solves problems with reading 80 minutes CD-R's. So only update when there are problems concerning CD-R80 media.
| Just change the included ATAFLASH.INI
file for the HP7100i, HP7200i & Philips CDD3610
(don't forget the extra spaces in the name): |
[RECORDERS]
"IDE-CD ReWritable-2x2x6"
"Traxdata CDRW2260+"
"HP CD-Writer+ 7100"
"PHILIPS CDD 3610" |
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If your CD-Writer is not included just add the exact string which can be read from the System Properties
when using Win95/98. |
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| Connection Problems... |
| For the last few hours the CD Media World could not be reached because of a crashed harddisk in the server which is hosting the Domain-Name. |
| 07-06-99 |
CDR Identifier Update |
G&M |
| Added the CDR Identifier 1.30 to the CD-R Utilities page. Update: Added 1 new manufacturer.
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| Software Releases
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For a complete overview see the CD-Writer Software page.
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| 04-06-99 |
TDK 80 Minutes CD-R Media |
Yahoo! Finance |
| TDK today announced that it is introducing extended-capacity 80-minute/700 MB multimedia and music CD-R discs this July. The new discs offer an additional 50 MB or 6 minutes of stereo music capacity over conventional 74-minute / 650 MB CD-R discs. As the first manufacturer to offer extended-capacity CD-R discs, TDK has been supplying recording studios with 80-minute CD-R discs for music mastering applications since 1996. The company's decision to bring its extended-capacity technology to the wider business and consumer markets follows on the publication earlier this spring of updated industry standards (Orange Book Part II) for 80-minute discs. More info here.
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| CDR Identifier Update |
G&M |
| Added the CDR Identifier 1.29beta to the CD-R Utilities page. Updates:
- Better looking GUI - Changed some of the GUI elements.
- Added a Button to copy ATIP information directly to the Clipboard.
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| The Week in Review |
| Added the CD/DVD NewsWire
which features all available news items which are mentioned in the Week in Review. This is done because Yahoo! deletes this information after about a week. |
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| Software Releases |
CRCPL |
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| 03-06-99 |
Macrovision Signs Copy Protection Agreement with Microsoft |
Yahoo! Finance |
| Macrovision announced that Microsoft
has signed a two-year agreement to use Macrovision's SafeDisc
PC CD Copy Protection. Under the agreement, Microsoft will use SafeDisc on a wide variety of educational, games, and personal finance software distributed worldwide. Read on here. |
| 02-06-99 |
Traxdata/Philips Firmware Update |
| Traxdata released the Firmware 3.09 for the Traxdata CDRW2260 Plus. This writer is based on the Philips CDD3610 drive and this means that this firmware can also be used for this writer. This firmware update still doesn't support Overburning/Oversizing! - Thanks 007 for sending the firmware. |
