Ideal for desktop CD and DVD duplication purposes
~ StorDigital’s DupeBox duplicator offers unattended operation 24/7 ~

Now it’s easier than ever to produce multiple disc copies without a PC or human intervention - thanks to the StorDigital DupeBox

Do you have occasions where you need to make a few quick copies of a project but don’t have the time to run them through your computer or on a manual tower, and don’t have the budget for the larger robotic duplicators? The StorDigital DupeBox™ is the perfect solution. With a small manageable footprint not much larger than a shoe box, the DupeBox fits in any office or cubicle and works unattended to make up to 25 copies per run. Plus at an incredibly low price point, the DupeBox suits nearly any budget. With 25 disc capacity and 1 recording drive, the DupeBox gives you the ability to work on other matters with the confidence that your project will be duplicated quickly and reliably without breaking the bank.

With StorDigital DupeBox, automated disc duplication is available to everyone. Featuring the bestselling StorDigital enhanced duplication controller, the DupeBox is the perfect compliment for todays busy video production agency or digital office space. With its small footprint, quiet operation and ease of use you will soon discover how useful the DupeBox can be. Perfect for producing and distributing all manner of digital content from videos to corporate presentations. DupeBox is just like having a new employee who never complains about having to copy the DVDs!

Nic Ranshaw (MD of CD-writer.com and CEO of StorDigital Systems) said: “The DupeBox is simply an evolution of our existing product range. We have always strived to offer our customers the perfect balance between professional quality products and a best possible price. With the new DupeBox I consider we are really managing to achieve what other manufacturers might consider impossible.”

He added, “StorDigital duplicators are designed and engineered by the best team in the business. We are always looking at the potential of new products and markets and there’s always going to be something round the corner that will set the market alight”.

The StorDigital DupeBox is available to buy now from CD-writer.com Ltd and StorDigital Systems on 0208 293 0777. Call now to register for your reseller account and start selling the UKs favourite range of CD, DVD and Blu-Ray Duplicators.

Retail customers can get more information and buy online at http://www.cd-writer.com/dupebox.html

Sony’s next generation Blu-ray player is now in stores. The BDP-S350 is the first new Blu-ray player since the fall of HD DVD. Its main features are:
- BD-Live (and thus Ethernet) and USB (for external) storage
- PiP (BonusView)
- TrueHD and Dolby Digital Plus
- AVCHD and xvYCC color support
- 1080 60/24p

It is now available for about $400 at Sony Style retail outlets, sonystyle.com and other authorized Sony retailers.

The S350 will hit for $400 this summer, while the S550 will run you $500 this fall.

More details on EMediaLive.com.

Kahl am Main, July 18, 2008 – SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES (SINGULUS) installed the first BLULINE Blu-ray disc production machine for the Southeast Asian market at Axiom Technologies MFG PTE Ltd in Singapore this month.

At the inauguration ceremony “AXIOM GOES BLU” on 18 July 2008, the Singapore Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. George Yeo, was the Guest-of-Honor and along with Mr. Bernhard Goh, Managing Director of Axiom (AXIOM) they took the opportunity to praise Blu-ray technology and its advantages in the S.E.A. region.

Mr. Goh stated: “We are proud to be the pioneers for Blu-ray in our region, and will certainly promote this competitive advantage. Each adopter of this new technology will further nudge the optical business towards the 3rd generation formats and HDTV. The decision to buy a production system from SINGULUS is the right insurance for us to achieve this target.”

“With this first step, we are helping to develop the Southeast Asian Blu-ray market, and in particular to set the course for future SINGULUS business activities,” added Ms. Sylvia Hitzel, Vice-President Sales and Marketing at SINGULUS.

View full press release here.

Customers at CD-writer.com can benefit from a great special offer on Primera Bravo Pro Disc publishers until 31st July 2008. With the registration of every new publisher ordered, customers will get a £100 CASH BACK rebate from Primera. So now using a Primera Bravo Disc publisher Pro bought from CD-writer.com, not only saves your time, but it also saves your money.

See the £100 CASH BACK offer on the Bravo Pro Publisher here.

Following the death of its HD-DVD format, Toshiba is now looking to take control of the upscaling market

Having now had time to recover from the crippling defeat of its HD-DVD format at the hands of Sony’s hi-def Blu-Ray disc standard, Toshiba is planning a fresh charge into the HD market – this time placing upscaling at the centre of the battle, The Wall Street Journal reports.

Details on the technology, which has been produced in association with Sharp, are still sketchy at the moment, but Toshiba has says it intends to release what it calls a ‘super DVD upscaling player’ that will play regular DVDs at definitions close to Blu-Ray and HD-DVD.The player will, like Blu-Ray, be backwardly compatible with normal DVDs. At present, the market for upscaling DVD players far outweighs the Blu-Ray market.

For those unfamiliar with the technology, upscaling involves taking a standard definition image (typically 480 or 576 pixels wide), reprocessing it and outputting an HD image (either 720 or 1080 pixels wide).

Whilst no technology is able to conjure up more pixels than physically exist in the source image, a good upscaler outputting at an HD resolution can significantly improve image quality on a high definition TV or monitor.

Seems rumours of HD DVD’s death have been greatly exaggerated as Microsoft announces its 360 add-on as its biggest selling accessory

We’d pretty much written off the HD DVD as dead and buried but it’s fighting a small rear guard action with news that, over in the US, Microsoft has shifted 155,000 HD DVD add-on drives for the Xbox 360.That’s still dwarfed by the number of PS3s out there with Blu-Ray already built in but it does make the drive Microsoft’s biggest ever selling Xbox 360 accessory.And there are signs that the Microsoft and Toshiba backed format might be doing better over here than it is Stateside. The makers have been busy wooing the independent film companies that account for around half the releases here…

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