First HD DVD recorder to make debut in Japan

After offering a lowpriced $ HD DVD player this spring Toshiba Corp. has challenged Japanese consumers with a price tag of about $ for its first recordable HD DVD product slated to hit the market in the middle of July.

Toshiba was the first company to introduce a video recorder that integrated a hard disc drive and a DVD video recorder. The HD DVD recorder dubbed RDA is similar in concept integrating an HD DVDR recorder and a terabyte hard disc recorder in

Sonic To Power DVD Burning In Fujitsu Blu-ray-Equipped Computer

Sonic Solutions on Friday said its Roxio software would power the DVD burning capabilities of Fujitsu Ltd.'s upcoming Bluray Disc driveequipped desktop computer.

Fujitsu is scheduled to launch the Deskpower TXS/D in Japan at the end of June. The PC is expected to be the first desktop computer available with an integrated Bluray Disc drive Novato Calif.based Sonic said.

Roxio digital media software enables the backup of up to GB of data on a double layer BDR (recordable) or BDRE (rewritable) disc.