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Article: PANASONIC FIRST TO MANUFACTURE DVD-RAM DISCS IN U.S.
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- CD Computing News
- Article date:
- December 1, 2004
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In a move designed to further advance the acceptance of recordable DVD products in the United States, especially the DVD-RAM format, Panasonic Disc Manufacturing Corporation of America has begun domestic production of blank DVD-RAM discs at the company's Torrance, California facility. Initial production of the 4.7 GB non-cartridge discs -- the first rewriteable DVD blank media manufactured in the United States -- started in September, and the discs are being distributed through Panasonic Consumer Electronics Company (PCEC) and other Panasonic Sales Companies in North, Central and South America.
"The rewritable DVD-RAM disc is the next step in the accelerating ...