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A-Lab Mission Statement:
Class-A Laboratories (A-Labs) provide expertise in DVD technologies and services. They are managed by the DVD Forum Steering Committee members and/or leading companies in the development of DVD Formats and must satisfy the following tasks: - Execute comprehensive DVD verification (First Production Model and Next Production Model)
- Execute services requested by the DVD Forum (e.g. market inspections)
- Contribute to further development of test specifications, testing criteria, specification interpretation, and testing methods and procedures
- Provide technical support to other Class-A, Class-B, Class-C Labs, DVD FLLC, and the DVD Community
- Contribute to the development of innovative test tools and procedures
- Provide services to the DVD FLLC (e.g. market inspection, market monitoring, et al)
DataPlay GmbH in Reutte, Austria and DPHI Datarius, Inc. in Longmont, CO remain committed to the optical disc market and support all optical disc formats including CD, DVD, and Blu-ray. Full Stamper and Replica signal analysis as well as stamper physical measurements such as back side surface roughness and complete thickness measurement and mapping are all capabilities in the Reutte Facility. DataPlay customer, Robby Vasil, Purchase Manager at CDA Datenträger Albrechts GmbH states, "DaTARIUS/DataPlay has been a valued supplier to CDA for many years now. When we needed assistance on DVD QA issues, Datarius was always a helpful partner to CDA in all related respects." The Class-A Lab certification is another step toward DataPlay’s / DPHI Datarius’ goal of superior technical support for all optical media customers. www.datarius.com
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