Apogee Introduces Enhanced Cable Plus Inkjet-Printable & Consumer Audio CDs

July 27, 1999 -- On show at the Apogee booth will be Apogee's growing and highly successful line of digital media products. New at the show are additions to Apogee's Recordable CID line. This now includes Inkjet Printable and Consumer Audio CD-Rs, giving Apogee one of the most extensive audio-specific digital media lines in the industry.

The CD74-IUJ Inkjet Printable CD-R has been introduced to satisfy an expanding market among owners of inkjet printers that print in color directly on to the disc, as opposed to thermal-transfer printers such as the Rimage (for which the existing Apogee discs are ideal). The new Apogee Inkjet Printable discs feature a silver reflective layer for maximum compatibility, Apogee's premium true Phthalocyanine dye, and a special white printable surface that retains ink without smudging and dries quickly.

Apogee's CD74-SCJ Consumer Audio CD-Rs have been designed to suit the growing number of low-cost audio CD recorders on the market such as the Philips CDR880. These recorders require a special CD-R containing a code burned into the disc conforming to SCMS (Serial Copy Management System) requirements. The Apogee CD74-SCJ is a silverover-gold Phthalocyanine disc essentially similar to Apogee's existing silver CD-R product but with the addition of the SCMS code.

Apogee's Wyde Eye A/D premium digital cable, also showing at the booth, is the ideal interconnect for both high-quality digital and analog applications, and is available in both AES/EBU 110ohm and S/PIDIF or Word Clock 75Q formats, in a series of standard lengths. Wyde Eye A/D interconnects are shipped in the unique new CablePak(TM) reusable case.

The entire Apogee media and cable lines have been repackaged in an impressive new silver, purple and black "livery".

For more information, visit the Apogee web site at www.apogeedigital.com.