Stories about: Plextor

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    Create your own Blu-ray video discs 14/07/2008 17:18:09

    If you're enough of an early adopter to have an HD camcorder as well as an HDTV and a set-top Blu-ray player, you're probably itching to create high-definition discs from your footage and present them on your big HD screen.
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    Technology for legally burning copy-protected content 18/10/2007 12:36:56

    It's ironic: The copy protection created to stop the illegal copying of DVDs is the same technology that has prevented users from legally downloading paid-for content and then burning it to a DVD for playback in their living rooms. At the time the copy-protection rules were created, they had no provision for user recording of protected content to a recordable DVD, as opposed to a factory-replicated DVD-ROM.
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    The big guide to USB peripherals 17/08/2007 11:15:01

    The Universal Serial Bus (USB) was originally created to replace legacy parallel and serial ports on PCs, for example, mouse and keyboard connections, printer parallel cables, outboard modem serial cables and so on.
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    Networked hard drives get media friendly 06/12/2006 15:14:41

    A number of the 11 network-attached storage (NAS) drives that we tested for this month's chart retain business-friendly features such as multiple RAID options and easy-access bays for swapping out drives. Several new models, however, target home users, with built-in media servers and software dedicated to organizing music, photos, and movies.
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    The Ultimate PC Power boost 08/11/2006 13:25:13

    Is your system dragging? It may just need an upgrade to new technology. From dual-core CPUs to the latest in graphics, memory and hard drives, we'll show you, step-by-step, how to get more from any machine.
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    Plextor announces Blu-ray disc drive 28/08/2006 20:27:42

    The shop aisle selling Blu-ray Disc burners is about to get more crowded: Plextor announced today its PC-B900A Blu-ray Disc Drive. Like Sony's Blu-ray Disc drive, the BWU-100A, and I-O Data's BRD-UM2/U, this model will support writing to dual-layer 50GB Blu-ray Discs. The Plextor drive comes with a well-rounded software bundle that includes Ulead's DVD MovieFactory 5, BD DiscRecorder and Burn.Now 1.5, Data-Add 2.0, and VideoStudio 10 Plus; and InterVideo's WinDVD BD for Blu-ray Disc playback. (In other news, InterVideo--which also owns Ulead--was acquired by Corel.)
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    Prodisc develops 4.9GB DVD-R disc 25/05/2005 09:47:11

    Prodisc Technology has developed a DVD-R disc that can hold 200M bytes more data than current discs and plans to unveil it at next week's Computex show in Taiwan.
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    More snags in Windows XP Service Pack 2 16/02/2005 09:36:42

    The PC World Test Center staff have discovered two bugs involving Windows XP's Service Pack 2. One can reduce the write speed of many dual-layer DVD drives. The other can decrease the battery life on some Acer laptops by an hour.
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    CD And DVD: Back from the Grave 08/10/2004 08:19:04

    Some CDs die gracefully, while others give up the ghost soon after being burned. How do you know which CDs are dying and, more importantly, what steps can be taken to recover data that appears to be lost? You could lie in bed worrying about it, or you could try these simple steps instead.
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    PC World August 2004 contents 14/07/2004 08:04:05

    In the August 2004 issue of PC World, available now: Fast-lane DVD burning -- 10 DVD drives and 8 suites put to the test; Security shoot-out -- 16 firewalls, virus scanners, spyware removal tools and security suites; Who knew you could do that? -- Cheap tricks to get more from your every day PC tools; Hassle-free e-mail offerings, desktop clients and Web services; Web and you -- Stress-free surfing. In the Test Centre -- DVD burners. PLUS, Best Buys reviews of PCs and Notebooks, Tech.Files and Sweet Spot, News, First Looks, Quick Takes, Here’s How, and Backbytes.
    PLUS, on the cover CDs:
    FREE video software-- Ulead VideoStudio 6 - SE Basic; FREE Cleaning Tool -- EasyCleaner 2; FREE Program -- DVD Collector 1.0.2; plus, Browsers, Essentials, Web essentials, Patches and updates, HelpScreen and Here’s How, Features, and Linux software
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    CD burning — the speed you need 16/06/2004 14:22:48

    It wasn’t long ago that CD burners were rare, and now almost every PC has at least a CD or even a DVD burner. This is not surprising since CD burner prices have crashed through $100, a mere fraction of what you would have expected to pay back in the late 1990s. Burning a CD is relatively easy, but the details of working with CDs and DVDs can be confusing. That’s why we are starting a new column specifically geared towards CDs and DVDs. To get the ball rolling, this month we will cover the issue of burning speed.
 
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