LG Korea announced the launch of FB163 DVD Player. The DVD Player delivers 160W output. Along with DVD playback, the LG Player features connectivity with iPod. You can control it from the remote control.

Quick Facts:

• Touch sensitive controls
• 2 subwoofers to bring better sound
• USB ripping - copy music to a USB compatible MP3 player direct
• Portable audio in - connect any audio product with via the headphone socket
• Aluminium finished tops
• DivX movie playback
• Power Output 80W X2

It has a Tuning Range of FM (50kHz/ 100kHz) 87.5 ~ 108.0 MHz, MW / 10 kHz 520~1720kHz / 9 kHz 522~1620 kHz.

Via: LG

Schaub Lorenz exhibited its latest SL 768PDV Portable DVD Player during the China Sourcing Fairs at AsiaWorld-Expo. This DVD Player comes with a 7-inch display. It has a built-in speaker and an earphone jack. The rechargeable battery can be detached easily. There is no information on its price yet. Stay connected for updates.

Via: Aving

Sony Creative Software takes pride in launching upgrade to its Blu-print applications and DVD architect. Enjoy from the high definition DVD production using Sony’s software. “With the release of DVD Architect 5, Sony Creative Software now offers a comprehensive tool for Vegas Pro users to publish their work in the Blu-ray Disc format, highlighting our position as the software foundation of the integrated Sony solution,” said Dave Chaimson, vice president of global marketing for Sony Creative Software.

Get a Blu-ray Disc with motion menus and buttons, subtitles and alternate video and audio tracks with the help of DVD Architect 5 software. Let your creativity fly high and build menu based movies, DVDs and music. Create and distribute Java based experience using Blu-print 4.3 enterprise software. The easy to use software saves time by preventing you from writing BD assemble codes.

While the DVD Architect 5 will be available in mid June, the Blu-print 4.3 enterprise software will be available in May this year with no words on price for both.

Via: Press

AUDE exhibited its latest PDVD-8028 DVD video player at the China Sourcing Fairs at AsiaWorld-Expo. This portable player with 7-inch display is offers Aspect ratio 16:9. It supports game, DVB-T, analog TV, card reader, TV recorder and MPEG4. You can listen to continuous 3 hours of playback via rechargeable lithium battery.

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OPPO Digital is set to launch officially its up-converting DVD Player DV-983H based on Anchor Bay’s leading video processing technology. The universal DVD Player with 7.1-chanel audio and 1080p HDMI up-conversion delivers unparalleled audio and video performance complementing high level of entertainment experiences even on large screens.

What makes it stand out in the market is its features like AutoCue-C, Precision Video Scaling, Precision Deinterlacing and Progressive Cadence Detection. And the final result is sharp, clear, smooth and lifelike distortion free pictures. The unsurpassed audio and video performance makes it more reliable. “Anchor Bay is honored to have OPPO choose our ABT1018 and ABT102 chips for its flagship DV-983H DVD player,” said Doug Fealtman, CEO at Anchor Bay. “Our VRS video processing technologies compliment OPPO’s unwavering commitment to unsurpassed performance and reliability in its products.”

DV-983H applies edge, motion and source-adaptive techniques to deliver amazing results. The 24-bit audio D/A converters, high quality components involved make it one player to mesmerize over. Apart from supporting Windows Media Audio, Kodak Picture CD, the USB2.0 interface enables you to enjoy music or video from USB disk. Bring home this amazing piece for $399.

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Pioneer announced its latest DVR-A12J DVD/CD Writer in three color options white, black and silver. The Writer boasts 18 time speed of DVD±R and DVD-RAM 12 time speed. The Writer is RoHS compliant. Pioneer DVR-A12J DVD/CD writer comes loaded with latest software applications of CyberLink Corporation including PowerDVD v6, PowerProducer v3, Power2Go v5, InstantBurn v5, PowerBackup v2, Medi@Show v3, LabelPrint v2 and Quiet sound utility. Pioneer’s DVR-A12J DVD/CD Writer supports DVD/CD correspondence (DVD MULTI), DVD±R, DVD±RW and DVD-RAM.

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CyberLink recently launched DVD Suite 6 with All-in-One Playback and Creativity Suite for High Definition Discs. The software lets the users play movies, edit videos, burn and take back-up of data, copy and authorize discs. To meet the increasing demand of high definition videos, the CyberLink DVD Suite comes in three different versions.

DVD Suite 6 Ultra: for Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD enthusiasts

DVD Suite 6 Pro: suitable for high-quality DVD burning

DVD Suite 6 Essential: is the value pack for beginners to digital media.

“CyberLink DVD Suite 6 combines the best line up of digital media software from CyberLink,” said Alice H. Chang, CEO of CyberLink. “It delivers leading features and advanced technologies for doing everything you could want via a user-friendly interface. CyberLink provides three options to give users the best pack suited to their digital media lifestyle.”

Listed under is a bouquet of applications included in CyberLink DVD Suite 6:

• InstantBurn for using a Blu-ray Disc, HD DVD or DVD as a secondary hard disk-like storage device
• LabelPrint for creating disc labels and cover inlays
• MediaShow for creating photo slideshows
• Power2Go for easy drag-and-drop burning of all types of media files
• Power2Go for ripping music and creating music discs
• PowerBackup for archiving application data and files to discs
• PowerDirector for automatic video editing
• PowerDVD Copy duplicating non-protected DVDs and shrinking video content onto discs
• PowerDVD for movie playback
• PowerProducer for authoring videos onto discs
• PowerStarter for accessing tasks and updating software

Languages: CyberLink DVD Suite 6 supports English, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, and Spanish.

CyberLink DVD Suite 6 Ultra is available at a price of USD 129.95. CyberLink DVD Suite 6 Pro and Essential will be available online by early December.

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Cima’s DVD Player CSDP-500 is priced at approximately 6,980 Yen. This small sized DVD Player supports ±R/RW, DVD±R DL and CD-R/RW other than DVD format. The Player weighs 400g. It can also play MPEG-4/MP3/WMA/JPEG formats. The DVD Player has 2 image output. The DVD player features USB terminal, slot of the SD card and the memory stick.

Via: CIMA

With the increasing number of Blue Ray players, companies are also stressing on Drives for PC. Panasonic recently announced its latest LF-PB271JD Blu-ray Disc drive (built-in type) built on Serial ATA Interface. The Drive corresponds to Windows Vista® /Windows Vista® x64 Edition (Home Basic/ Home Premium/ Business/ Ultimate), Windows® XP (Home Edition/ Professional) and Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition. It will reach stores from November 10^th. But there is no information about its price yet. For data back up Panasonic LF-PB271JD Drive comes with a bundle of software applications including CyberLink BD SolutionTM 1.0 (PowerProducerTM 4.3, PowerDirectorTM 6.5, PowerDVDTM 7.3, PowerBackupTM 2.5, Power2GoTM 5.5), DVD-MovieAlbumSE 4.5 and BD driver.

Via: Panasonic

Sony Electronics today announced its second generation internal Blu-ray Disc writer drive for the computer aftermarket, which boasts 4X BD-R and 16X DVD+R recording speeds. The new BWU-200S model cuts BD-R burning time by half compared to the first generation model, allowing for a full 50GB BD-R disc to be recorded in about 45 minutes. It also features improved DVD burning speeds, making it a multi-format combo burner that eliminates the need for more than one drive in a system.

The drive comes with CyberLink BD Solution software that provides a comprehensive application for capturing, authoring, editing, burning and viewing high-definition personal content captured in the native HDV 1080i format from an HDV camcorder. In addition, the software supports recording on DVDs and CDs, as well as playback of DVDs recorded in the AVCHD format.

The BWU-200S drive can record up to 50GB of data for random access storage and backup on BD-R (write once) or BD-RE (rewritable) discs, or up to 230 minutes of high-definition HDV 1080i video on a BD-R/RE 50GB disc. It also supports recording on standard single layer 4.7GB DVD+R/+RW/RAM discs, 8.5GB DVD+R double/dual layer discs, and CDs.

The internal drive features a Serial ATA (SATA) interface and standard 5.25-inch form-factor for easy installation inside a desktop PC with Microsoft Windows XP or Windows Vista software.

The BWU-200S drive will be available directly from Sony at sonystyle.com next month for about $600. Pre-orders are now being accepted.

via: sony