Imation brings first 6x Blu-ray recordable discs to US
Posts with tag recordable
Mitsubishi develops corrosion-resistant DVD-Rs for the long haul
[Via Impress]
Victor's single-sided 8.5GB DVD-RW coming in August
[Via Impress]
Sony ships 25GB Blu-ray recordables; 50GB to come in June
Lest anyone question their position as king of the Blu-ray mountain, Sony has announced that it has
started shipping single-layer 25GB Blu-ray discs, and will begin follow up with 50GB discs in June. Yes, we know that
TDK has already announced
their own dual-layer discs (and is even working on eight layer 200GB
versions), but it looks like Sony may just get their 50 giggers out the door first. Pricing is set at about $20 per
disc for the single-layer version and $48 for the 50GB discs. Yes, that's right. The higher-capacity disc will have a
higher per-GB price than the single-layer version. Such is the price for burning on the cutting-edge (and, no, we're
not even going to try to visualize that horribly mixed metaphor).
TDK: Ok, we're done with the 200GB recordable Blu-Ray
That was fast. It took 'em years to develop recordable DVDs, then another couple more for the dual layer variety,
but now but a few weeks after TDK announced their hard workin' intentions to develop 8-layer
200GB recordable Blu-ray discs, they've got it bagged. Balls to the fact that we still don't have the players; the
interesting thing about these discs, however, is that the data isn't stored on thin layers of dye, no no. Apparently
when each layer of bismuth peroxide and germanium oxide is heated to 690K by laser, microscopic air bubbles form and
create the bits we've come to know and obsess over. Oh sure, these discs are probably going to be horrendously
expensive in the beginning, but isn't it nice to know we're already good to go on capacities large enough to archive
years of home movies? [Warning: link is Japanese and requires subscription.][Via Newlaunches]
