Changer Design Ends Manual Turnover Of 2-Sided Discs And Offers Unprecedented Playback Speed And Convenience
New Licensable Technology To Be Demonstrated By Discovision Associates At CES 2000
Discovision Associates has developed a breakthrough DVD changer design that eclipses existing technology. Users will enjoy faster more convenient disc selection and playback through this innovation. Kenny Masaki, Discovision Associates' Executive Vice President noted, ""Our new patent-protected design takes disc changer technology to a new level - for the first time, users of desktop-sized models can play a 2-sided disc without having to turn it over manually. We're proud to offer this innovation to the electronics industry as a technology available for license to a limited number of companies."" The 2-Side Access DVD Changer improves on existing changer loading mechanisms and disc carousel design. In currently available players, a rotating carousel delivers the DVD to the reader for playback. The loading mechanism remains stationary. Discovision's 2-Side Access Changer reverses this design, using a 360-degree rotating loading mechanism to retrieve discs from a stationary disc carousel and flip the DVD over when necessary. This advance in DVD changer technology offers significant advantages and improvements over existing player designs: - Eliminates manual turnover of discs required in current desktop-size changers - Loads and changes discs faster than current technology - Makes disc storage and loading convenient with removable disc carousels - Simplifies production through use of less complicated components - Offers patent protection to manufacturers (U.S. Patent No. 4,791,626) As DVD becomes the prevailing home theater format and DVD titles add interactive features and other information-intensive content, the 2-Side Access Changer's technology will provide the ease of use and convenience that consumers expect. Other DVD applications such as information storage and emerging home computer network systems will also require the speed and automatic two-side access afforded by this changer. Mr. Masaki of Discovision added, ""Our changer design is not limited to use with DVD or CD discs, but is also applicable to other media, such as credit cards or I.C. memory cards."" Discovision will debut the 2-Side Access Changer prototype for license in conjunction with the Consumer Electronics Show 2000 in Las Vegas January 6-8. Details on the 2-Side Access Changer and demonstrations of the changer in Las Vegas are available by Contacting Erin Lamb, Discovision Associates, 949 660 5000 or elamb@discovision.com or David Le, Discovision Associates Chief of Technology Development, 702 946 7000. Prototype Specifications, 2-Side Access DVD Changer Size: 18x15x7 inches Disk capacity: 100 disks Media Type: CD-Audio, CD-ROM, DVD-Video, DVD-Rom Features: 6x DVD-ROM About Discovision Associates Discovision Associates (www.discovision.com) manages a worldwide portfolio of approximately 1,300 patents that cover a large range of technologies relating to the methods and apparatus used to create, replicate, and play back optical disc storage media, including compact discs, CD-ROMs, and other optical disc formats. The company is based in Irvine, California.