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Verbatim Launches New Website for Photo Enthusiasts
CHARLOTTE, NC (July 1, 2008) – Celebrating its 39th year as a leading innovator in the storage and imaging industries, Verbatim® Americas, LLC announced today that PhotoStorageGuide.com, a new public website specifically designed for photo enthusiasts, is now live. The website was created to provide consumers with a trusted source of information on sharing and protecting digital memories as well as helpful ideas for doing more with their photos.Verbatim Adds Half-Terabyte Drive to 2.5” Portable HDD Line for Windows and Mac Users
CHARLOTTE, NC (April 29, 2008) – Verbatim® Americas, LLC, a global leader in digital storage solutions, announced today the world’s first half-Terabyte 2.5” Portable Hard Disk Drive (HDD) featuring an industry standard 9.5mm Z-height drive. The PDA-sized drive joins Verbatim’s highly rated SmartDisk line of portable HDDs, which currently offer capacities ranging from 120GB to 320GB. Scheduled to begin shipping in Q2 2008, the sleek new HDD will enable Windows® and Mac® users to add up to 500GB of removable capacity to their laptop or desktop systems for less than US$300.00.Verbatim to Deliver Premium-quality Qflix DVD Media for Consumer and Professional Applications
LAS VEGAS, NV (January 9, 2008) – Verbatim® Americas, LLC, a key media developer for the new DVD Download specification from the DVD Forum, announced today a complete line of Qflix™ DVD media. Qflix technology, licensed from Sonic Solutions?, allows movies and other video content to be downloaded and legally burned using recordable Content Scramble System (CSS) technology. Backed by Verbatim’s decades-long reputation for delivering media with the highest-quality and broadest compatibility, the new product line will include both Qflix consumer media and printable Qflix Pro media for enterprise use. Verbatim Qflix media will be released to coincide with the availability of Qflix drives and video download services in Q1 2008.Verbatim Showcases Expanding Line of Blu-Ray Media at CES
LAS VEGAS, NV (January 7, 2008) – Verbatim® Americas, LLC announced today that it has extended its support for Blu-ray Disc (BD) technology and will feature its expanded line of Blu-ray media at Booth #S4-36249 in the South Hall during CES this week. In addition to the 2x BD recordable (BD-R) and BD rewritable (BD-RE) media which are available now, Verbatim will showcase six new BD products scheduled to begin shipping in the first half of 2008. The new products include 4x BD-R discs, Single-sided Double-layer (DL) 2x BD-R and BD-RE discs, Mini BD-R and BD-RE discs and 1-2x BD-R LTH TYPE discs.Verbatim Adds World’s First 2X-Speed HD DVD Recordable Media to Industry’s Broadest HD DVD Media Product Line
LAS VEGAS, NV (January 6, 2008) – Verbatim® Americas, LLC announced today that it will begin shipping the world’s first 2x-speed HD DVD-R (recordable) and HD DVD-RW (rewriteable) discs this quarter. By adding the new HD DVD recordable media to its current offerings, Verbatim now offers the industry’s broadest range of premium-quality HD DVD media products. The complete HD DVD media product line, including Verbatim’s 2x HD DVD R/RW media and its 1x HD DVD-R DL media will be showcased at Verbatim’s CES Booth #S4-36249 in the South Hall this week.Verbatim’s New Family of 2.5” SmartDisk Portable Hard Drives Makes its Debut at CES
LAS VEGAS, NV (January 3, 2008) – Leveraging the resources gained with the purchase of SmartDisk® Corporation’s external hard drive (HD) assets in July 2007, Verbatim® Americas, LLC launched today a whole new line of SmartDisk 2.5” Portable Hard Drives (HDs). With the new elegantly designed HDs, consumers and businesses can immediately add 120, 160, 250, or 320GB of removable capacity without having to open their computer. The palm-sized external drives will be available for both Windows® and Mac® users later this month with retail prices starting at US$99.00.
