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I/OMagic DEBUTS FIRST OF NEW DUAL FORMAT REWRITABLE DRIVES

I/OMagic Corporation , a leading developer and marketer of data storage and digital entertainment devices, announced the first in a series of new dual drives -- the internal DVD +/-RW/+/-R Dual Format 4x DVD Rewritable Drive. The internal DVD +/-RW/+/-R Dual Format 4x DVD Rewritable Drive is available in a beige or black bezel design and is the latest advancement in DVD burning technology. It also includes Pinnacle System's award-winning Studio SE, Expression and Instant CD/DVD software, and new CD burning technology that increases storage capacity giving users up to 1.4GB of storage space on standard CD-R, double the normal storage capacity of a CD-R.

"This is just the first in a series of new dual drives for I/OMagic. It makes sense to offer drives that are compatible with a broad variety of media and players, and combine the best technologies into one drive," said Tony Andrews, vice president of Engineering and Product Development for I/OMagic Corporation. "With our new dual format drives, users no longer have to worry about what type of media to buy or the differences between plus and minus rewritable technologies."

The internal DVD +/-RW/+/-R Dual Format 4x DVD Rewritable Drive burns DVDs in +R, +RW, -R, and -RW. It features write speeds of 4x for DVD+R and DVD-R, 2.4x for DVD+RW and 2x for DVD-RW.

The internal DVD +/-RW/+/-R Dual Format 4x DVD Rewritable Drive features Pinnacle System's award-winning Studio SE, Expression, and Instant CD/DVD software which allows for the creation of DVD movies that can be played on home DVD players, authoring tools for data management and disk creation, as well as fun and easy ways to share digital photos on CD or DVD. Operating systems supported are Windows XP/2000/Me and 98 SE.

The internal DVD +/-RW/+/-R Dual Format 4x DVD Rewritable Drive has an introductory price of $229 and is currently available at Best Buy, Circuit City and CompUSA.