Hitachi Maxell spins technology for optical media, zeroes in on DVD

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Hitachi Maxell Ltd is promoting is optical media which include MiniDiscs, magneto-optical discs, CD-Rs, CD-RWs, recordable DVDs, DVD-RWs and DVD- RAMs. Hitachi Maxell is preparing to launch a DVD-RW before the end of 2000. The product will provide a 4.7GB capacity and suitable for 120 minutes of recording. The DVD-RWs will enable 1,000 cycles of image recording and erasure. The company will apply its own substrate-formation and film-formation technologies to ensure a low error rate and a wide margin for the DVD-RW and to enable the disc to record images of excellent quality.

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Focusing on optical media, Hitachi Maxell broadens global supply

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Hitachi Maxell sells an extensive array of recording media products including magnetooptical (MO) discs, MiniDiscs, recordable and rewritable CDs. It will also start selling DVD-RAMs and recordable DVDs by the spring of 1998. Hitachi Maxell believes that the 5.25-inch MO discs would have the biggest demand overseas, and expects 1998 global sales of MO discs would be 30% higher from 1997. The company has also raised its output of recordable CDs to 4.5 million units monthly as it expects demand for these products to grow in the future.

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Hitachi Maxell stamps new technology on its optical discs

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The plans of Hitachi Maxell, Ltd. to enhance the technology on its optical discs are examined.

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