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HD VMD Shipping in U.S. - Affordable HD Disc Solution Available to Consumers
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- New Medium Enterprises (NME) (BULLETIN BOARD: NMEN) today at International CES 2008 announced HD VMD players are shipping into the U.S. market. HD VMD is delivering maximum-HD 1080p high-quality players to consumers for a groundbreaking MSRP of $199 via PCRush.com and NMEStore.com. All orders for HD VMD players in January will come with two complementary titles, "Mother Ghost" starring James Franco and cult hit "Cutting Room."
Shipping since December, HD VMD discs and players stand to revolutionize the high-definition disc market, providing consumers with the best possible HD experience. HD VMD's ground-breaking innovation is its patented multi-layer disc, which allows for the utilization of proven red laser technology to provide high definition, versus blue laser technology that competitors are forced to use due to disc space limitations. With only one laser (red), HD VMD players can upconvert existing DVD collections for better viewing quality, as well as play true high definition content.
"We are excited to be delivering upon our promise to deliver high quality, affordable high definition to consumers," said Alex Potter, director of U.S. operations, NME. "We remain committed to delivering great HD products and compelling content to the global consumer market."
NME also this week announced its worldwide distribution deal with SFM Entertainment for the release of rare and classic film and TV titles never before seen in HD on NME's disc format. NME HD VMD players are also currently shipping to Australia and Europe.
HD VMD combines the best industrial opto-electronics and disc technologies, bringing together established DVD red-laser production infrastructure and break-through multilayer discs technology to deliver its maximum-HD picture. HD VMD red laser multilayer disc plans include storage of up to 30 GB of content on a single side disc.
NME is a U.S. publicly listed company headquartered in London with Offices worldwide including Los Angeles.
About NME
New Medium Enterprises Inc. is listed on the OTC BB exchange in the U.S. under the symbol NMEN. NME's HD VMD drives offer the world's first affordable format in true High Definition based on current red laser technology and the existing DVD industrial infrastructure. Incorporating break-through optical storage capacity, red laser-based players, the HD VMD file format, copyright encryption, authoring tools and compression technologies, NME is providing the only high-quality and high-value offering for the consumer electronics market. For additional information about NME, please visit: http://www.nmeinc.com/
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Contact:
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Zeno Group for NME
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Zeno Group for NME
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Source: New Medium Enterprises
Posted by Shane Sturgeon, January 9, 2008 05:00 PM
Reader Commentary See Forum Topic: HD VMD Shipping in U.S. - Affordable HD Disc Solution Available to Consumers (9 replies) Jan 10, 2:38am Does red laser versus blue laser mean they have come up with a way to manufacture Hi Def disc players using existing SD technology, thereby lowering costs? What does VMD stand for? Jan 10, 7:45am I'm going to guess VMD is Video Multilayer Disc but in the times I read about this there was never a definition. They appear to be double layering existing technology, so it is cheap. But similar to the similarly less expensive technology of HD DVD Jan 11, 4:19am Cutting Room & Mother Ghost???? You gotta be kidding. If 1 million HD DVD players have already been sold (as low as $99-199 in Nov-Dec), has around 400 movie titles and is STILL sstruggling to compete with Blu-Ray, then VMD can't even have a chance. Jan 11, 10:17am Red laser based technology, multilayer, 30GB storage, sounds like HDDUD has changed their name to protect the innocent and is trying a different marketing stategy, B-Titles Rus. Jan 12, 3:08pm Did I miss something. I was under the belief that HD DVD was also a Blue laser technology? I will once again assume, that HD VMD has obtained the same capacity as a blue laser system (4 x dot density I think), by some radical compression system. Eith Jan 13, 9:51am As one who has seen the technology, VMD is probably the best of the three formats, but they simply don't have enough or good enough titles to be viable. Even the 300-400 titles on Bluray and HD DVD are paltry, but NME/VMD simply isn't in a position to be Jan 13, 10:20am I was under the belief that HD DVD was also a Blue laser technology? It is, but a larger wavelength hence less data storage. Jan 13, 5:38pm It is, but a larger wavelength hence less data storage. Actually, Blu-ray and HD DVD both use the same wavelength light: 405nm. Blu-ray achieves more storage due to the fact that the optics are closer to t Jan 14, 12:03am I found the below link: http://www.nmeinc.com/russian/images/VMDWhitePaperSynopsis.pdf And it has a lot information. VMD is Versital Multilayer Disc and it uses multiple layers of an essentially standard DVD. 4.7gb per layer, with a theoretical maxi More on Products & Equipment
About Shane SturgeonShane Sturgeon is the Co-Publisher and Chief Technologist of HDTV Magazine, an industry publication with HDTV roots going back to 1984, when Dale Cripps founded The HDTV Newsletter. Today, HDTV Magazine is a leading online resource for HDTV news and information and captures the eyes and imaginations of over 3 million visitors annually. Mr. Sturgeon has a background in information technology and has served in various consulting capacities for Fortune 500 companies such as J.P. Morgan Chase, Verizon Communications, Proctor & Gamble and Nationwide Insurance. He has a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Wright State University. |
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