LOS ANGELES, Jan. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- New Medium Enterprises, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: NMEN) , an optical and electronic technology company, today announced it has secured worldwide patents surrounding its high-capacity Versatile Multilayer Disc (VMD) technology. VMD technology provides up to eight information layers on each side of a disc and can be utilized for both blue laser and red laser formats, thereby offering numerous and greater content options and business opportunities for the high-definition and content ecosystem. VMD is applicable for single- and double-sided discs and a multiplicity of formats, including Blu-ray and HD-DVD.
The comprehensive NME patents, outlining the basic principles and method of cost-effective mass manufacturing of multilayer discs, were filed initially in 2004 and have now been extended through most of the industrial world. The patents cover the principles of NME's break-through modified 2P process, which involves producing more than two layers on a single-sided disc, and will allow for the first time the replication of multilayer discs with the production yield and subsequent production costs comparable to current DVD production. The patent also covers the general set-up of a VMD production line and method of playing-back multilayer discs.
"NME is the first company to perfect a commercially-viable 2P process -- and a cost-efficient, high-yield 2P process, or a modification of this, is crucial to the mass production of multilayer discs," said Eugene Levich, NME CTO. "This technological imperative transcends the issue of formats and, since the current trend is a proliferation of high-definition standards, the only way to achieve compatibility between these standards is through multilayering."
VMD technology has been validated by established Netherlands-based replicator VDL ODMS, and NME has entered into a production agreement with the replicator to produce the mass production machinery based on standard DVD equipment augmented by groundbreaking VMD 2P technology. The full VMD production line will be unveiled later this year.
"Our scientists and engineers have been working to perfect the 2P process for years, while many others abandoned this process as too costly and complex," said Mahesh Jayanarayan, NME CEO. "With the validation of VMD technology by an established replicator and our strong patent portfolio in multilayer disc technology, we are excited about our position to help provide answers and low cost solutions to the high-definition disc debate."
About NME
New Medium Enterprises (NME) provides a one-stop solution for the high-definition (HD) market, incorporating optical disc solutions, file formats, encryption technology, authoring tools and compression technologies. This is the only low-cost, high-end offering to the discerning consumer comparable to contemporary DVD market prices. New Medium Enterprises, Inc is listed on the OTC exchange in the U.S. under the symbol NMEN. For additional information about NME, please visit http://www.nmeinc.com/.
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