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Samtack announced that it will begin shipping these 2 models 3rd week February 2003 for the channel in Canada and the USA.

Pine 4X DVD-R/RW writer
The product comes in an attractive easy to read bilingual packaging with easy to read specifications and instructions.

The Pine  4X DVD-R/RW writer offers the following speeds:  
DVD 4X write/ 2X re-write / 12X read
CD   16X write/ 8X re-write / 32X read

Pine External USB 2.0  4X DVD-R/RW writer
For external use, this drive  offers:
DVD 4X write/ 2X re-write / 12X read
CD   16X write/ 8X re-write / 32X read

It comes with a USB 2.0 interface,  a USB cable and also supports data transfer rate up to 480Mbits/second, up to 40 times faster than the original USB. It is offered in a bilingual package.

"The launch of these 2 new products from Pine very much represents our commitment to bring on new technologies in this fast moving world of ours.  We are indeed very excited to bring on the external USB 2.0 DVD-R/RW writer to the market. We were the first to introduce external USB 2.0 CDR-Writers to the mass merchants and now we are at the forefront with this new USB 2.0 DVD-R/RW writer." says Royson Ng, President of Samtack.

Features of the Internal and external USB 2.0 DVD-R/RW writers
Create personal movies
Capture & edit digital video
Back up data
Create still photo slide shows
Burn music CDs

Minimum system requirements
Win XP/2000/ME/98SE
Available half height ATAPI drive slot
Intel 800 MHz P III minimum or equivalent
128 MB RAM ( 256 MB recommended )
AGP video graphics card with 16MB RAM minimum
10GB free hard disk space
Built-In USB, standard USB expansion card or USB 2.0 expansion card ( For Pine external DVD-R/RW writer only )

For more information on the above products, please visit http://www.pinegroup.com


NOTES TO EDITORS

Samtack Computer Inc. headquartered in Markham, has branches in Montreal and City of Industry ( California ) is a North American distributor since 1989. It distributes portable MP3 digital players,  DVD-R/RW writers, DVD ROMs/CD-RW / CD-ROM drives and upgrade kits, CD-R / CD-RW media, hard drives, desktop PCs, notebooks, motherboards,VGA, Sound cards, fax modems, monitors, network cards & hubs, printers , accessories and many more computer & internet related products.

It is a member of the international Pine Technology group, a global computer component and internet appliances manufacturer with offices in the US, Canada, UK, Netherlands, Taiwan, Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong and China. Research and Development offices are in Hong Kong, Taiwan and China.

For further sales & distribution information, please contact

Robert Chin
VP Marketing Communications
Samtack
110A Cochrane Drive, Markham L3R 9S1
Tel: 905 940-1880 x 356
e-mail: robert@samtack.com