Jan. 5, 2004
RITEK Showing Blue Laser Discs at the CES Show
RITEK Demonstrating R&D and Mass Production Capabilities by its Blue Laser, Super-RENs Discs and High-Speed DVD Discs

The CES Show, the most important event for high-tech industry in the world, will be held during Jan. 8 to 11, 2004 at Las Vegas, U.S.A. RITEK Corporation, the world's leading optical disc manufacturer, will show a number of new products including Blue Laser Discs, Super RENs, and a full series of high-speed recordable DVD products such as the 8X DVD+R, 8X DVD-R, 4X DVD+RW, 4X DVD-RW, and 3X DVD-RAM in the show. In addition, with the blooming of recordable DVD in 2004, the C.E.O. of RITEK, Mr. Yeh, Chwei-jing will also be in the show to talk with major customers, showing that RITEK pays much attention to the CES Show.

RITEK constantly emphasizing on R&D has started researching the Blue Laser Disc in 2001, and accomplished quite a fruitful result on the HD DVD of the Blue Laser Disc led by the DVD Forum. Besides exhibiting HD DVD disc, RITEK will also display large-capacity disc: Super-RENs on the show site. RITEK conduct a presentation on the basic theory of these two types of discs, in order to let audiences know more about the development trend of the latest optical discs.

In addition to a full series of recordable DVD products displayed in the CES Show, RITEK also displays high-speed 52X CD-R and 32X CD-RW products, and consumer electronic products such as the 6-in-1 USB 2.0 Card Reader. For Flash Memory Cards, RITEK shows the 4GB CompactFlashTM Card, 128MB SmartMediaCardTM, 512MB SecureDigitalCardTM, and 512MB MultiMediaCardTM. As to the popular product of the year - portable flash memory with an USB interface, RITEK also displays the stylish USB 2.0 EZ Drive. Furthermore, RITEK also shows the latest optical disc burners such as the 8X DVD+ReWriter, 52X CD-ReWriter, and the portable burner for copying data from a memory card to a CD.

According to the report on the third quarter of 2003 provided by the Japan's research institute, FRL, RITEK's market shares of the CD-R, Write Once DVD, and DVD-RW rank No. 1 in the world, which further recognizes RITEK's actual strength in the optical disc industry.