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Pioneer Ships Industry's First DVD-Recordable Drives
and DVD-Recordable Media; Drive and Media Fully
Compatible with DVD-R Standard 1.0
LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 17, 1997--Pioneer New Media Technologies
announced today the first available DVD recordable (DVD-R) drive and media, the DVR-S101
and DVS-V3950S.
Compatible with version 1.0 of the DVD-R standard, the drive offers 3.95GB capacity -- roughly
six times more than a CD-R disc. With its low cost per megabyte, compact design and portability,
Pioneer's DVD-R drive is ideal for short-run, desktop DVD authoring and long-term data archival.
"DVD-Recordable will provide users with a powerful tool for new and existing applications in nearly
every industry," said Paul Dempsey, senior vice president of marketing and sales at Pioneer New
Media Technologies. "Through DVD-R, Pioneer will enable new markets and applications for DVD
technology."
DVD-R is a write-once medium that can store any type of digital information such as video, audio,
images, multimedia titles and data files. DVD-R discs are usable on any DVD playback device
including DVD-ROM drives and DVD video players.
To write a disc, a DVD-R drive, blank DVD-R disc and host computer system containing the
information to be recorded are required. Pioneer provides pre-mastering software to create a disc
image file and conduct the recording process at the desktop. Data can be written to or read from a
DVD disc at 1,385 kilobytes -- roughly nine times the transfer rate of a "1x" CD-ROM drive. A
complete 3.95GB side can be written in approximately 50 minutes.
The DVR-S101 features a data transfer rate of 1,385 kilobytes and a data buffer capacity of 4MB.
The drive is equipped with an industry standard SCSI-2 interface and uses a tray loading system for
easy disc handling.
DVD-Recordable media supports a new file system called "UDF Bridge." This is a hybrid file
system that provides both the newer UDF (Universal Disc Format) system as well as the older
ISO-9660 system used by the CD-ROM format. This allows DVD discs to be used with computer
operating systems that do not have any provision for UDF support for enhanced compatibility.
DVD-Recordable technology is ideal for testing and developing DVD applications, and small-scale
distribution of DVD content. It is also ideal for archival storage of image, film or video data. In
addition, since DVD discs are dimensionally identical to CDs, they are compatible with existing
jukebox and changer mechanisms. This will allow networked environments to easily adopt this
technology for high-capacity archive applications and serve as a natural extension of CD-R by
providing higher quality, faster information flow and significantly more data per volume.
The DVR-S101 began shipping for beta testing in October for continued software development.
Additional units will be available through the distribution channel by December 1997 for a U.S. list
price of $16,995. The drive comes complete with five blank DVD-R discs and pre-mastering
software. Additional DVD-R discs are available for a U.S. list price of $49.95.
Pioneer New Media Technologies
Pioneer New Media Technologies Inc. is dedicated to bringing the very best of leading-edge
technology to market. Pioneer invented the world's first multiple-disc CD-ROM changer and offered
the first multifunction optical drive capable of reading and writing to both MO and WORM. The
Optical Division's products include DVD-Recordable and DVD-ROM drives; CD-ROM drives,
changers and jukeboxes; optical drives; DVD-Recordable and CD-Recordable media; software;
controllers; and accessories for a wide range of storage and multimedia solutions in the educational,
government, industrial and general business markets.
For more information, contact Pioneer New Media Technologies Inc. at 2265 E. 220th Street, Long
Beach, Calif. 90810; phone (310) 952-2111 or (800) 444-6784; URL: www.pioneerusa.com
CONTACT: Roberts, Mealer & Co.
Sylvia Chansler/Leilani Smith, 714/957-1314
schansler@rmc.xo.com
lsmith@rmc.xo.com
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