Maxtor QuickView Hard Drives Power New SONICblue ReplayTV 5000 Family
Maxtor Consumer Electronics Hard Drives Continue to Enable the Next Generation
Of Digital Video Recorders
MILPITAS, Calif., Oct. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Maxtor(R) Corporation (NYSE: MXO), a worldwide leader in hard disk drives and storage solutions, today announced it is the preferred supplier of consumer hard drives used by SONICblue's (Nasdaq: SBLU) next generation digital video recorder. Since 1999, SONICblue has relied on Maxtor's hard drives, service and expertise when it comes to developing products that meet the demands of today's consumer. SONICblue's ReplayTV 5000 family of digital video recorders is expected to be available today from major retailers across the United States.
Maxtor's QuickView(R) consumer hard drives are used in each of the four ReplayTV 5000 models, which allow users to record 40, 80, 160 or 320 hours of high quality TV programming, and/or home movies. The Maxtor drive technology also works in combination with ReplayTV 5000 system firmware to allow consumers to automatically record and to pause, replay and enable slow motion without tapes or timers.
"Maxtor's expertise in consumer electronics hard drives is playing a significant role in bringing the ReplayTV 5000 to market and extending SONICblue's leadership position in personal video recorders," said Nikhil Balram, vice president, Connected Home, SONICblue. "In addition to providing highly reliable products with the industry's highest capacity points, we also utilized Maxtor's MaxLabs(TM) integration, testing and mechanical analysis services to accelerate our time-to-market effectiveness. We also place high value in Maxtor's volume manufacturing and just-in-time delivery capabilities, which allow us to better respond to our resellers as we expand ReplayTV 5000 distribution."
"Supplying our QuickView technology and MaxLabs services to SONICblue extends Maxtor's long-term relationship with ReplayTV, dating back to the company's founding," said Tex Schenkkan, senior vice president, consumer electronics and business development at Maxtor. "We look forward to our continued cooperative efforts in helping to further distinguish one of the premier leaders in the rapidly emerging digital video recorder market segment." About Maxtor MaxLabs
In 1997 Maxtor established a worldwide service offering to help the development of hard disk drive based platforms for the Consumer Electronics market. MaxLabs provides expertise in the key product development disciplines including: mechanical design, HDD qualification, AV performance, system integration, manufacturing and quality assurance systems. MaxLabs test services leverages dozens of shipping CE design wins bringing integrated AV disk drive products to market with the performance, reliability and quality demanded by our OEM customers and consumers alike. About Maxtor's Consumer Electronics Business
Maxtor's Consumer Electronics Business (CEB) provides products and services to the consumer retail and CE-OEM markets. Retail products include FireWire and USB external Personal Storage solutions for Mac and PC users, as well as internal hard drive kits and interface accessories.
For CE-OEMs, Maxtor offers its specially designed QuickView consumer electronics hard drives which enable viewers to record, store and playback digital audio and video on Personal Video Recorders (PVRs), set-top boxes, game consoles and broadband appliances. Maxtor QuickView(TM)-equipped PVRs are available in thousands of locations worldwide from a variety of familiar consumer electronics manufacturers and service providers, including BSkyB, DirecTV, Echostar, TiVo, ReplayTV, JVC, Panasonic, Philips, Sony and Thomson. In addition to these products, Maxtor CEB provides design, development and manufacturing services worldwide to CE-OEMs to facilitate the creation of a new generation of consumer products enabled by Maxtor hard drives. About Maxtor Corporation
Maxtor Corporation (www.maxtor.com) is one of the world's leading suppliers of information storage solutions. The company has an expansive line of storage products for desktop computers, storage systems, high-performance servers and consumer electronics. Maxtor has a reputation as a proven market leader built by consistently providing high-quality products and service and support for its customers. Maxtor and its products can be found at www.maxstore.com or by calling toll-free 800-2-MAXTOR. Maxtor is traded on the NYSE under the MXO symbol.
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