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Santa Ana-based Hi-Val, a computer peripherals maker known for selling low-cost CD-ROM drives at retail outlets, apparently will be the first manufacturer with a recordable DVD drive for the U.S. market.
Hi-Val Executive VP Ed Meadows said the company will begin shipping a DVD-RAM upgrade kit later this month. Hi-Val will not disclose the manufacturer of the company's DVD-RAM drive, but said it is a Japanese company and is not Toshiba, which makes Hi-Val's read-only DVD drives. And since Hitachi said it is not the manufacturer for Hi-Val, industry sources said the company is likely getting the drives from Matsushita.
Hitachi will begin...