Looking Ahead: Forecasting the Optical Media Market
Sir Issac Newton famously stated that “every action has an equal and opposite reaction” in his laws of motion. The same is true of the optical media market. In this case, an action – such as the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami – has had a huge impact on the lives of Japan and its citizens. [...]
Backward Compatibility of Optical Media
If you are not a wizard when it comes to CD and DVD technology, this article is for you! Optical media such as CD, DVD, and Blu-ray discs look very similar to one another. They are the same size, shape, and very close in weight. However, optical media discs are not universally interchangeable. Today I’m [...]
ECMA Publishes New Standard for Testing CD/DVD Disc Longevity
Even if you have never heard of ECMA International before, you are probably familiar with the results of their work. When a manufacturer of blank DVD media advertises that their discs will last for “up to 100 years,” they can make that claim because of work done by ECMA.
But wait a minute! How do we [...]
Rimage Publishes White Paper on Optical Disc Archiving
Since the early days of optical media, manufacturers have been making special “archival discs” for backing up computer data files. But how good are these discs for backing up large amounts of data? That is exactly what the Rimage Corporation set out to find in their new white paper “The Advantages of Optical Archiving (PDF).”
In [...]
Best Buy to Reorganize Stores for Holiday Shopping Season
When you’re as big as Best Buy, everything you do is headline news. With over one thousand stores nationwide, the Minnesota-based retailer is the leader of the consumer electronics pack. They are an authority in the technology sector, having outlasted competitors such as CompUSA, Circuit City, and Tweeter Home Entertainment.
Recently, Best Buy announced in a [...]
