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Imation – not all high definition is the same
Gotthold Ephrain Lessing
“For me the greatest beauty
always lies in the greatest clarity”
Imation – not all high definition is the same
Europe
Imation Europe BV
Boeing Avenue 333
1119 PH Schiphol-Rijk
The Netherlands
Tel : [phone]
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www.imation.co.uk
France
Imation France S.A
35, Boulevard du port
F-95097 Cergy Pontoise cedex
France
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www.imation.fr
Germany
Imation Deutschland GmbH
Stresemannallee 4b
41460 Neuss
Germany
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www.imation.de
Italy
Imation Italy
Palazzo Verrocchio
Centro Direzionale Milano 2
20090 Segrate MI
Italy
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www.imation.it
Benelux
Imation Europe BV
Boeing Avenue 333
1119 PH Schiphol-Rijk
The Netherlands
Tel : [phone]
Fax : [phone]
www.imation.nl
Spain
Imation Iberia, S. A.
Antonio Gonzalez Echarte, 1
28029 Madrid
Spain
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www.imation.es
United Kingdom
Imation UK Ltd
Century Court
Millennium Way
Bracknell, Berkshire
RG12 2XT
United Kingdom
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www.imation.com/uk
Middle East
Imation Middle East
PO Box 61 375
Jebel Ali, Dubai
United Arab Emirates
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www.imation.ae
Europe – International
Bulgaria: www.imation.bg
Czech Republic: www.imation.cz
Denmark: www.imation.dk
Finland: www.imation.fi
Greece: www.imation.gr
Hungary: www.imation.hu
Norway: www.imation-norway.com
Poland: www.imation.pl
Romania: www.imation.ro
Russia: www.imation.ru
Sweden: www.imation.se
Turkey: www.imation.com.tr
About Imation
Imation Corp. is a leading developer, manufacturer and supplier of magnetic and optical removable data storage media.
With one of the broadest product lines in the industry, spanning from a few megabytes to hundreds of gigabytes of
capacity in each piece of media, Imation serves customers in more than 60 countries, in both business and consumer
markets. From large data centres to distributed networks, Imation’s tape cartridges are used in data processing,
security, business continuity, backup and archiving applications. Customer needs for reliability, convenience and
portability to store and manage business data, photos, video, images and music on professional and home desktops and
increasingly in consumer electronics devices drive demand for Imation’s optical and diskette products. As a 3M spin off,
Imation benefits from 50 years of tape experience and 20 years of optical experience. As an independent company for
the last 10 years, Imation’s objective has always been to deliver future technology today. With more than 300 technology
scientists and nearly 300 patents in the US alone, Imation continue to pioneer today’s proven magnetic and optical
media technologies. Imation Corp. is located in Oakdale, Minnesota, USA. The European Headquarters is based in
Schiphol, The Netherlands.
Find out more at:
www.imation-europe.com/highdefinition
• For up to the minute information on the latest high definition news you’ll find this a useful ‘one stop shop’
• See detailed comparisons on the competing disc technologies, as Imation are manufacturing both you’ll
get impartial advice
• See what competitions are running, you could win fantastic high definition prizes
• Find out the latest information on compatibility
HD DVD Blu-ray
Recorder Recorder
Drive Drive
First described 2004 2002
Single layer capacity 15GB 25GB
Dual layer capacity 30GB 50GB
Single layer recoding time 2hrs 2hrs
Dual layer recoding time 4hrs 4hrs
Bit rate 65 66
Numerical aperture 0.65 0.85
Data protection layer 0.6mm 0.1mm
Data transfer rate 36.5Mbps 36.5Mbps
Available as ROM (read only) ✔✔
Available as Re-Writable ✔✔
Available as Write once ✔✔
Backwards Compatability
Can I use my existing media to play ( ) or record onto ( ● )
DVD+R double layer ●●
DVD+RW ●●
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DVD-R ●●
CDRW ●●
CDR ●●
Comparison Table
With all that extra capacity Blu-ray and HD DVD
deliver other new data storage possibilities too
With capacities of up to 50GBs Blu-ray and HD DVD are great for large scale storage use too. With up to
50 GBs you’ll find both technologies offer vast space saving possibilities. When you think about it, its only
a few years ago that your PC would have had a smaller hard drive than the size of one of these new
disc technologies!
One thing that will please everyone is that it is likely that several manufacturers will start to produce drives
capable of using both new formats.
You’ll find new drives and recorders don’t just sit under the TV either, they are also available as internal and
external drives for your PC. You can either upgrade the internal drive or simply buy a new external one.
Remember both Blu-ray and HD DVD drives and recorders are backwards compatible allowing you to use and
record both CD and DVD media on either drive type.
Take a look at these two new formats.
You’ll find they are ideal for music, data, photography and any other GB-hungry files you have!
Just think, the days of sending people many discs may be gone forever.
With up to 50GBs at hand the future has never looked so future-proof!
Suddenly High Definition video recording is a reality;
music and video can be recorded with no loss of
quality; games will be far more life-like and vast
amounts of data can be stored on just one disc.
The 50GB disc is now a reality.
Blu-ray or HD DVD recorder / player
The addition of a surround sound system to produce
the fantastic audio quality to accompany the HD
video content. Wait ‘til you hear what Blu-ray and
HD DVD can produce!