Plextor ha annunciato al Consumer Electronics Show (CES) di Las Vegas il DVD/CD Writer esterno in formato slim denominato PX-612U, una soluzione fortemente caratterizzata dalla funzionalità proprietaria PlexTV.

Quest'ultima consente il collegamento del PX-612U a qualsiasi dispositivo dotato di un ingresso mediante USB, come un televisore o un media player, al fine di accedere ai dati in esso contenuti senza l'ausilio di un PC.

Il writer PX-612U è quindi un prodotto molto interessante poichè amplia il range di device supportate dai televisori mediante USB, composto finora da un ampio spettro di sistemi, come hard drive, foto e video camere e drive flash, che non includeva però i drive ottici.

Plextor con la sua tecnologia PX-612U "traduce l'uscita del burner in maniera che essa risulti simile a quella di un hard drive", permettendo la compatibilità con i televisori.

Il PX-612U sarà commercializzato nel corso del primo trimestre del 2012.

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Plextor, leading developer and manufacturer of high-performance digital media and storage equipment, announces the release of its latest External Slim DVD/CD Writer, PX-612U, with PlexTV at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas today.

PlexTV is a new feature enabling Plextor's DVD/CD drive to work with televisions, media players, and other USB-enabled devices. The external drive connects directly to the desired display via USB cable and the user is able to access information stored on a CD or DVD without a PC. PlexTV will be available exclusively with the PX-612U during the first quarter of 2012.

Currently, HDTVs are compatible with a wide variety of devices via USB connection, including hard drives, cameras, and flash drives, but they do not support optical disk drives built for computers. PlexTV enables the use of Plextor's PX-612U drive with these previously unsupported devices by translating signal output to mimic a hard drive.

"It seems counter-intuitive that a USB-supported DVD Drive wouldn't work with a TV, but it has to do with the code that the devices use to communicate," explains Kathy Huynh, Product Marketing Manager. "PlexTV uses a code translator to make the PX-612U appear as a hard drive to the television, making the two devices compatible."

Developing a head-turning innovation such as PlexTV is a Plextor tradition. Plextor has delivered generations of best-in-class and award-winning products since the early Nineties, including CD-R/RW, DVD±R/RW and Blu-ray optical disk drives, digital video converters and multimedia products, and solid state drives.

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