I/OMagic Ships Internal and External Blu-Ray Burners

Blu-Ray Internal and External Burners for the PC Are Now Available From I/OMagic's Web Site

IRVINE, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 05/22/08 -- I/OMagic (OTCBB: IOMG), a leading online retailer of personal data storage devices to major retailers, announced today the availability of internal and external Blu-Ray drives from their new redesigned website. I/OMagic is among the pioneers of optical storage and has maintained a strong presence in this market by offering quality, reliable CD and DVD optical drives. The addition of the Blu-Ray optical drives is an ideal extension of the I/OMagic optical drive line, which already encompasses internal and external dual layer, LightScribe, and slim notebook drives.

"There is strong demand for Blu-Ray burners for video editing, data backup and archiving, playing high resolution movies and state-of-the-art games," says Don Wallis, VP of Marketing. "With ever increasing need for more storage for video, photos, and data, Blu-Ray discs satisfy this need with their huge 25GB to 50GB data storage capacity on a single disc."

As a pioneer of the CD and DVD optical storage market I/OMagic created enduring relationships with its customers. Playing Blu-Ray movies on your PC can be very CPU intensive and requires the latest hardware and software, and I/OMagic wants to make sure that their loyal and valued customers are aware of such necessities.

"We decided to test our technical support needs for the Blu-Ray drives by first offering it exclusively on our own site," says Jonathan Nguyen, Product Manager. "We want to make sure that consumers are ready for Blu-Ray technology and we feel that it is our responsibility to make sure they know that Blu-Ray may require more power from PC technology when they add a Blu-Ray drive to previous generation PCs and may require more powerful hardware and software to run properly. Fortunately, Cyberlink, the authoring and viewing software included with the Blu-Ray drive, has a quick and easy diagnostic utility to check if your PC is up to spec for Blu-Ray."

I/OMagic's Blu-Ray BDRE optical drive requirements for high definition playback:

Pentium D 3.4GHz or faster CPU 1GB or higher RAM HDCP capable graphics card with 256MB RAM PCI Express x16 1920x12000 resolution, 32bit color 60GB or higher HDD capacity HDCP capable monitor or TV

GPU recommendations: nVidia: GeForce 6600GT/7600GT/7800GTX512/7900GX2/7900GTX/7950GX2 or better ATI: X1600/X1800/X1900 series or better

About I/OMagic Corporation

I/OMagic is a leading provider of data storage products (such as DVD+/-RW drives, USB Portable Storage Devices, external USB hard drives and floppy drives, including its DataStation, Data To Go and GigaBank(TM) products). I/OMagic sells products under three brand names -- I/OMagic(R), Hi-Val(R) and Digital Research Technologies(R) -- through nationally-recognized computer, consumer electronics and office supply superstores and other retailers.

Contact: Harrison Radie 949-707-4820

2008-05-22 19:23:56 0369410 MARKETWIRE