The dynamic digital disk

Article Abstract:

The DVD format, announced in Dec 1995, has been a huge business success. More than three million DVD-Video players and 25 million disks were sold in the US in just over two years. DVD recorders and DVD-Audio products should be available soon, and according to market researcher Dataquest, more than eight million DVD-ROM players will be sold duing 1999 in the US alone. The DVD standard is the first format to successfully unite computers and consumer electronics, but in doing so, DVD has generated much controversy involving copyright protection. Copy protection matters more when content is digital because digital copies are perfect reproductions that are easy to store or distribute.

Product standards, safety, & recalls, Drum Memories, Cover Story, Technology overview, Digital video disk, DVDs (Digital videodisks), Optical disk drives, Optical storage devices, Optical disk drive, DVD drive, DVD drives

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Service takes over in the networked world

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The home entertainment and consumer electronics industries are shifting in their focus as new opportunities open up for services delivered through networked devices. According to Matsushita Electric Industrial Co Pres Kunio Nakamura, digital networks will dissolve the boundary between manufacturing and services. Japan is ahead of the U.S. in adopting the Internet-based service paradigm, as is exemplified by diverse consumer electronics products coming to market with ways of connecting to NTT DoCoMo Inc's i-Mode cell phone service.

On-Line Information Services, Videotex & Teletext, Telegraph & other communications, Household audio and video equipment, Consumer Electronics, Audio and Video Equipment Manufacturing, Online services, Internet services, Industry trend

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Memory on the move

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The emergence in the marketplace of small-sized, removable memory systems means that music, video, and digital image files can now be transferred among various types of portable devices. Files can be swapped between MP3 players, digital cameras, personal digital assistants (PDA) and personal computers (PC). Flash memory cards have no moving parts, which is a particularly useful feature in the design of products such as wearable audio players.

Plated Wire Memories, Memories & Storage Devices, Computer network equipment industry, Network hardware industry, Market trend/market analysis, Disk drives, Computer storage devices, Removable-media drive, Removable media drives, Data storage device

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