Maxell said the 8X DVD-R Pro is currently available, and 16X DVD-R Pro discs will begin shipping in March. Pricing information was not released.

To ensure the highest quality recording and noise-free playback, Maxell uses advanced proprietary organic dye recording layer materials with the DVD-R Plus Series. The dye, along with the disc’s high ...

I have run into a real problem with my new NEC ND-3500A drive. I purchased several maxell DVD-R 4.7 GB discs. I also purchased a single TDK. Well, the TDK works fine but the maxell discs all 5 of ...

Maxell’s “Max Out with Maxell Media” sweepstakes, which ends Sept. 1, offers the winner an exclusive trip for two to next year’s X Games 14, a package worth $20,000. Contestants can register for the ...

Maxell Japan is releasing a 15GB single-layer HD-DVD-R, which can hold up to 75 minutes of video, on July 5, making it the first manufacturer to release a recordable HD-DVD. A 30GB disc will ...

NPD data surpassed Brinkman’s estimate on the plus format’s retail performance. For July, NPD has the +R format holding 46 percent of the share to -R’s 42 percent, while the +RW discs have 8 percent, ...

Optodisc Technology, a producer of DVD discs in Taiwan, has denied a rumor that the company extended the use of Maxell’s DVD-R code from OEM production of DVD-R discs for Maxell to production ...

Using an innovative nanoimprint technology, Hitachi Maxell, LTD have succeeded in creating the world’s thinnest DVD media at 0.092mm thick. This makes the new disc approximately 1/13th the thickness ...

Maxell said blank DVD media demand is being prompted by increased sales of DVD player/recorders, which the company said are projected to increase to nearly 100,000 units in the fourth quarter of 2002.

Maxell is also displaying its wares related to Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD formats that are capable of storing several feature-length HD motion pictures (and special features) onto one storage unit, or ...