Melissa J. Perenson - Author - PC World Australia

Stories by Melissa J. Perenson

Article | 21/07/2005 Opinion: The next-generation disc: what should it be?

No one wants to back the losing team. And today's consumers are savvy enough to know they don't want to be caught anywhere near the quagmire that is t...

Article | 6/06/2005 Picking the Right Media

With a plethora of options, which media should you choose the next time you buy?

Article | 6/03/2005 Format Wars Redux: Blu-ray Disc vs. HD-DVD

The future of high-def recording rests with two competing optical formats: Blu-ray Disc and HD-DVD. Here's why both matter.

Article | 28/10/2004 NEC to market DVD burners

NEC Solutions has begun marketing and shipping a DVD burner under its own brand.

Article | 27/09/2004 Ahead pushes Nero digital format for DVDs

Ahead Software and ESS Technology announced a major development this week for Ahead's Nero Digital video format. ESS will incorporate Nero Digital sup...

Article | 9/08/2004 GoVideo unveils audio players

GoVideo, known for its dual-deck VCRs and other consumer electronics products, is jumping back into the digital audio player business with its new Rav...

Article | 12/12/2003 Video conversion tool

When you’re ready to convert your stacks of cherished (but now only rarely watched) videotapes to DVD, consider Hewlett-Packard’s clever new DVD Movie...

Article | 14/08/2003 New HP device converts VHS to DVD

A device to convert those stacks of cherished but now rarely watched videotapes to DVD is a highlight of the dozens of new Hewlett-Packard Co. product...

Article | 18/06/2003 Iomega unveils multiformat DVD burner

Iomega is taking multiformat DVD burning a step further, unveiling this week the Super DVD Drive, which combines all three rewritable DVD formats into...

Article | 20/05/2003 Pioneer unveils multiformat DVD/CD unit

Pioneer Corp. is leading a radical shift in the optical storage market, broadening its support for DVD rewritable standards, with consumers coming out...

Article | 16/04/2003 Plextor drive boosts security, capacity

When CD-RW drive speeds reached 52X, the race cooled--until now. Plextor's PlexWriter Premium CD-R/RW drive, released this week, offers the first prom...

Article | 5/02/2003 Sony MPD-AP20U music maker

The Sony MPDAP20U is a CD-RW and DVD-ROM drive that also doubles as a portable audio player.

Article | 9/10/2002 Shattered: This CD's in Tatters?

If you hear an intense vibrating noise or a bang from your superfast 48X CD-ROM or CD-RW drive, beware: Your disc may be shattering.

Article | 17/04/2002 HP restores DVD writer upgrade offer

Hewlett-Packard has quietly launched an upgrade program for owners of its HP DVD Writer dvd100i, restoring its offer to let them move up to a drive th...

Article | 15/01/2002 Iomega HotBurn (beta) and SmartDisk MVP

New CD-burning programs from Iomega and SmartDisk both try hard to be consumer friendly. The difference is that Iomega targets "general-purpose users,...