Tokyo – Panasonic put the world on notice here that it intends to make its DVD-RAM recording format ‘the de facto DVD recording standard.’ Company executives invited select members of the press from ...

Panasonic made the push for DVD-RAM and DVD-R with the introduction of two new recordable decks, a new DVD camcorder, a DVD multidrive and aggressively priced blank DVD-RAM media during PC-Expo, here.

While CDs were still fighting for market share against cassettes, and gaming consoles were just starting to switch over to CD from cartridge storage, optical media companies were already thinking ...

REDMOND, Wash., and TOKYO, May 7, 2003 — Microsoft Corp. and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. (Panasonic) today announced they are expanding the HighMAT (TM) specifications to support all major ...

HP says: HP to support DVD-RAM<BR><BR><I>HP and Panasonic are working together to make it easier for consumers to use DVD media between their digital consumer electronics and PCs by incorporating ...

Panasonic says that it has artificially aged DVD-RAM discs to 60 years -- although the standard life is usually quoted at about 30 years However, drawbacks include the cost of the media: a 4.7GB ...

Adaptec spinoff Roxio and Panasonic today announced that Roxio’s popular Mac CD mastering software, Toast 5 Titanium, supports Panasonic’s new DVD-RAM/R drive. The combination enables MAc users to ...

The MPEG specialists at Heuris have introduced DVD ConnexIT for Mac OS X, a QuickTime plug-in that’s now tweaked for audio-visual and Mac convergence between Panasonic DVD-RAM products. With it, Mac ...

Ulead Systems, a Taiwan-based imaging, video and web graphics software company, along with Panasonic announced that the Ulead DVD Plug-in will support Panasonic’s new 4.7GB combination DVD-RAM/R drive ...

Continuing to expand the exciting world of DVD entertainment, and asserting its leadership position in recordable DVD products, Panasonic introduces the new VDR-M20 DVD camcorder. The VDR-20 records ...