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Versatile Recording Device Combines DVD+R/W and CD-R/W for Creating Video, Audio and Data Discs

"The backpack DVD+RW drive is the ideal solution for the business or home user who has invested in today's fast PC processing power, but lacks a high- capacity, removable-media storage drive. Its versatility enables users to create, edit and share video DVDs as well as make high-capacity data backups, plus, because it's a Hi-Speed USB 2.0 drive, it can be used with multiple PCs, letting IT departments stretch their dollars," said Pat Barron, vice president of sales at Micro Solutions.

Video Fun for Everyone and Large-Capacity Storage

The new backpack DVD+RW comes standard with software to create video and data DVDs, as well as music and data CDs.

Video production software makes video editing fun and easy with tools that let users import images from digital camcorders to create DVDs of their home movies, adjust and organize videos, create animated button images and backgrounds, add music and apply special effects.

Other features enable users to convert their digital photos into slideshows, make digital scrapbooks with picture borders and captions, create animated button images and backgrounds, and add music to accompany menus or slideshows.

Not just for video and music disc creation, the backpack DVD+RW also provides a compelling way to quickly archive important files for safe and permanent record keeping. Users can store, edit and share up to 4.7GB of data on a single DVD disc. The dual-purpose drive also will read and write to CD media and can be used at the home or office with both desktop and laptop PCs, making it an economical, portable storage solution.

The software bundled with the backpack includes:

    -- Sonic Solutions MyDVD, for creating, editing and storing videos on
       DVDs;
    -- CyberLink PowerDVD, for playing DVDs; and
    -- Micro Solutions SpeedyCD, for creating data and music CDs that can be
       read on anyone's computer or audio CD player.  The new version 3
       supports DVD media and can be used to create or duplicate data DVDs.

Micro Solutions simplifies video and data disc creation by including printed, step-by-step tutorial booklets that guide users through the process in clear, easy-to-understand terms.

Standard Features and System Requirements

The backpack DVD+RW drive records and plays DVD+R, DVD+RW, CD-R and CD-RW media formats. It has speeds of 4x DVD+R, 2.4x DVD+RW, 12x DVD read, 16x CD-R, 10x CD-RW and 40x CD read. Because DVD data transfer rates are nine times that of CDs (1x for DVDs means 1,350 KBps throughput, while 1x for CDs means 150 KBps), the 4x DVD+R data transfer speed is equivalent to that of a 36x CD.

The backpack DVD+RW features Micro Solutions' new, striking silver and blue enclosure that looks great at both the office and home, and with a weight of just three pounds, the drive easily travels between the two.

DVD video recording and playback require an Intel Pentium III 500MHz processor or equivalent (Pentium 4 1.6GHz or faster recommended), Hi-Speed USB 2.0, 128MB RAM (256MB recommended), up to 11GB available hard drive space and 8MB or more of video RAM.

CD-RW functions will work with either USB 2.0 or USB 1.1 and require an IBM-compatible Pentium, 16MB of RAM and 10MB of free hard drive space per minute of music to be recorded.

The drive ships with device drivers for Windows 98, Me, 2000 or XP and has buffer underrun protection.

Price, Availability and Warranty

The backpack DVD+RW (model number is 224101) has a manufacturer's suggested retail price of $349.00. Available this month, the drive comes with a one-year warranty.

For more information, call Micro Solutions at 800-890-7227 or 815-756-3411, Ext. 200, or visit the company's Web site at http://www.micro-solutions.com .

About Micro Solutions

Founded in 1980, Micro Solutions, Inc. pioneered parallel-port-attach mass storage technology. Today its external drives feature one or a choice of standard plug-and-play connections: USB 2.0, PC Card and the legacy parallel port. "Backpack" is the family name shared by all of the company's external drives. Available in DVD/CD-RW, DVD/CD-ROM, CD-RW, CD-ROM, hard and diskette drives, Micro Solutions' award-winning backpack products are distributed worldwide at major retail outlets, through mail-order catalogs and Web sites, and through distribution. The privately held company is headquartered in DeKalb, Ill.

Product images are available upon request. Please contact Glynis Gibson at 773-278-7700 or glynis@gibsoncommunications.com .

Companies and products mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies. Backpack is a registered trademark of Micro Solutions, Inc.

DVD+RW/+R is compatible with a wide variety of DVD set-top players and DVD-ROM drives, but for specific recordable DVD disc compatibility, users should review the specifications of the brands and models of their DVD players. To check for DVD player compatibility and to learn more about making DVDs, users can visit www.micro-solutions.com/dvd .

Backpack products are available at major retail outlets, including Best Buy, Business Depot (Canada), COMP USA, Fry's, Future Shop (Canada) and Office Depot, and through mail-order catalogs and Web sites, such as CDW, Global, Insight, Micro Warehouse, NexCom and PC Connection, and through distributors Ingram Micro and Tech Data.