MASS VOLUME CHINESE AND KOREAN MANUFACTURERS TO SHOWCASE DVD+RW CONSUMER RECORDER PRODUCTS AT CES 2003

Leading Mass Volume Consumer Electronics Manufacturers Embrace DVD+RW Format For Consumer DVD Recorders

LAS VEGAS - Leading mass volume consumer electronics manufacturers such as, Mico Electric (Hong Kong), Tae Young Telstar and Daewoo Electronics (Korea) will demonstrate their DVD+R/+RW recorders at the CES show in Las Vegas (January 2003). Currently manufacturing VCRs and/or DVD players in high volume for both their own brands as well as for other leading brands, these companies will be instrumental in bringing DVD Recording to the mass consumer and will enable the DVD Recorder to replace VCR in the near future. The several companies plan to start production in mid 2003.

"These new DVD+R/+RW consumer recorder products are a welcome addition to the current DVD+RW Recorders from Philips, Sony, Thomson/ RCA and Yamaha that are out in the market already or introduced at CES," said Maureen Weber, general manager, HP Optical Storage Solutions Business and spokesperson for the DVD+RW Alliance. "The companies that brought DVD players to mass consumer markets are now embracing the DVD+R/+RW format for their new DVD Recorders. This is clear proof that the DVD+RW format is becoming the format of choice, not only in the PC arena, but also for consumer video recording;"

Unlike other DVD standards, the DVD+R/+RW format was designed from the outset to fulfill the needs of both the consumer electronics products and PC domains. This gives optimal ease-of-use and performance in both PC data recording as well as consumer video recording applications.

"The DVD+R/+RW format has a high compatibility advantage over all other DVD recordable/rewritable formats," says Mr. T.J. Yoon from Young Telstar. "Compatibility with the large installed base of DVD players is what our customers expect from a DVD recorder, that's why we have opted for the DVD+R/+RW format. In addition, DVD+R/+RW is the de facto standard for the PC with the support of industry-leading personal computing manufacturers companies like Dell, HP and Microsoft. We see that this is an important factor for setting the worldwide DVD recording standard also in the consumer electronics arena."

"The DVD recorder is the local extension to our DVD player products by simply adding the recording function," says Kyu-Hwan Chang of Daewoo Electronics. "DVD+R/+RW is the only format that offers ease of use, with instant use (no formatting) and instant eject (no finalization), yet having the powerful advantages of DVD; with same user interface, direct access and picture quality as good as DVD Video. Our customers want an easy-to-use DVD video recorder that works instantaneously, without having to worry about different recording modes or formats."

"We value the support the DVD+RW Alliance can provide to help us to get our products to market," says Mrs. Venus Ko of Mico Electric. "This goes beyond helping us with key components and reference designs. The DVD+RW Compatibility Group for Recorders (DCCG-RG) helps manufacturers to ensure compatibility between DVD+R/+RW media and recorders. The DCCG-Playback Group also helps improving compatibility of DVD+R/+RW discs on DVD players."