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May 18, 2004 |
PC Magazine - New DVDs Hold More
If you thought the current crop of multiformat
DVD+/-R/RW drives had finally resolved the long-standing rivalry between the
DVD-Plus and DVD-Dash camps, guess again. The DVD+RW Alliance and DVD Forum
may now both support high-performance 8X write-once and 4X rewritable media,
but the battlefield has simply shifted to another front: dual-layer (DL)
recording.
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| April 28, 2004 |
PC Magazine - Disc Watch Department
New developments in the Blu-ray disc scene are
highlighted by some new disc-coating technologies promoted by TDK. The
coating makes a disc's surface scratch-resistant, so it doesn't need a
cartridge for protection. Sony, meanwhile, appears to be first out of the
gate with a DVD/R/RW drive that complies with DVD-9 characteristics, meaning
it has two layers on one side, offering about 9 gigabytes of storage
capacity using the +RW methodology. Burning two different layers of a
rewriteable disc is amazing to me. Look for the drive this summer.
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| April 26, 2004 |
PCWorld Magazine - Blue Laser Products Emerge
High-capacity DVDs based on blue laser
technology are still a ways off for consumers, but video professionals may
soon get their hands on the new storage technology. Sony expects to release
its blue laser rewritable DVD drives in the U.S. in June.
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| April 26, 2004 |
Extreme Tech - Sony Ships Blue-Laser Optical Media
Sony Electronics said Monday that it
had begun shipping its first blue-laser media for data, although the
recordable and write-once discs use the company's proprietary technology.
Sony's "Professional Discs for DATA" discs hold 23.3 Gbytes on a
single-sided disc. Both write-once and rewritable discs will cost about $45,
Sony said, and will be available through a network of resellers and
distributors.
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January 7, 2004 |
Verbatim to Deliver Industry’s First Double-Layer DVD+R Discs
Verbatim® Corporation
announced today that it is on schedule to deliver the industry’s first
Double-Layer DVD+R (DVD+R DL) discs. The new 2.4x DataLifePlus media nearly
doubles the storage capacity on DVD recordable discs from 4.7GB to 8.5GB on
a single side while maintaining compatibility with existing DVD video
players and DVD-ROM drives. Verbatim's target launch date is spring 2004 to
coincide with DVD+R DL hardware introductions by DVD+RW Alliance members.
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