Geneva, Switzerland - October 6, 2003 - Iomega International S.A., the European Headquarters of Iomega Corporation (NYSE: IOM), a global leader in data storage, today announced that the new Iomega CD-RW 48x 24x 48x/DVD-ROM 16x USB 2.0 combination external drive is now shipping in Europe.
This announcement marks Iomega's further commitment to provide end-users with a simple-to-use reliable storage solution at an affordable price point. The new Iomega CD-RW 48x 24x 48x/DVD-ROM 16x USB 2.0 drive can read both CDs and DVDs and write to all CD's quickly and easily providing consumers with an affordable way to record and store their digital valuables. With the new Iomega combination drive, Iomega is providing the benefits and functionality of two drives - but for the price of one!
This sleekly well-designed yet durable drive features fast CD burning speeds (48x) and DVD (16x) reading speeds. Like all Iomega storage solutions, this CDRW DVD combo drive comes with the guaranteed peace of mind that it is easy install and operate, and includes all the hardware and industry-leading software you need to capture and share music, photos, presentations and data. The USB2.0 format provides high-speed connectivity and Iomega's Buffer Underrun Protection ensures reliability for high-volume use.
"The new Iomega combination drive is a single optical drive that combines today's CD usability with tomorrow's DVD technology," said Romain Cholat, director of mobile desktop solutions, Iomega International. "The true value of the Iomega CD-RW 48x 24x 48x/DVD-ROM 16x USB 2.0 drive goes beyond fast burn speeds and functionality ?buyers of the new CDRW DVD combo drive also get easy-to-use software applications like HotBurn Pro giving them everything they need to capture, share and protect their valuable digital content."
Bundled Software for Complete Solution
The Iomega® combination DVD Drive comes with multiple software titles to give users a complete and easy-to-use DVD solution. Bundled software includes Iomega Automatic Backup, Iomega HotBurn Pro, Sonic? Cineplayer software for the highest quality video playback, MusicMatch? Jukebox music management software and Adobe® ActiveShare photo management software.
Iomega's CD-RW/DVD-ROM drive lets you watch DVD (and VCD) movies on your computer, using the CinePlayer? software created by the industry leader in DVD software, Sonic Solutions. You get this software FREE with your Iomega drive, so you can watch movies anytime. Iomega's solution provides the absolute highest quality playback available for your PC. Just put the DVD in your drive, and enjoy the show!
Iomega's HotBurn Pro software, complements Windows® XP by adding true drag-and-drop file recording, an integrated console interface, integrated CD copying and CD imaging, compilation creation, and a jewel case editor.
Added features include a graphical audio layout editor; pop, click and hiss removal filters; and bootable CD creation.
Pricing and Availability
The Iomega® DVD Drive is now shipping in Europe. Suggested retail pricing is 169 Euro at select retail stores and at www.iomega.com.
About Iomega
Iomega International S.A. is the European Headquarters of Iomega Corporation that provides easy-to-use, high value storage solutions to help people protect, secure, capture and share their valuable digital information. Iomega's award-winning storage products include the popular Zip® 100MB, 250MB and 750MB drives, high-performance Iomega® HDD Portable Hard Drives that feature capacities from 20GB to 40GB, Iomega HDD Desktop Hard Drives that offer capacities from 80GB to 120GB, the new Iomega Mini USB Drive in 64MB, 128MB and 256MB capacity sizes and the Iomega external CD-RW drives. Iomega simplifies data protection and sharing at home and in the workplace with Iomega Automatic Backup software, Iomega Sync software, HotBurn? CD-recording software, and ActiveDisk? technology. For networks, Iomega NAS servers offer capacities of 120GB to 720GB. Iomega also offers businesses and consumers a comprehensive data recovery services solution for recovering lost data due to hardware failure, file corruption or media damage. The Company can be reached on the Web at http://www.iomega-europe.com.