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Moser Baer nabs BDA certification for 6x BD-Rs
6x Blu-ray media is far from new, but Moser Baer has just become the first company outside of Japan to develop and ship 1x to 6x BD-Rs. The New Delhi-based outfit actually popped up on our radar last year with claims of 8x Blu-ray recording media, and now it has "received product verification from the Blu-ray Disc Association for its next generation Blu-ray (BDR) 1x-6x discs." We're no experts on certification, but we're all about getting more options on the shelves to drive down prices.
Moser Baer develops 8x-capable Blu-ray Disc media
Indian manufacturing giant Moser Baer today announced development of 8x-capable Blu-ray Disc media, which would allow for a 2-hour movie to be recorded in under 15 minutes. This speed corresponds to around 3.3GB a minute, or 55MB a second, assuming a full dual-layer disc. Competing format HD DVD is working on 2x and 4x burning, although both camps are still held back by expensive hardware and media. Now all we need is 8x burner hardware to get started backing up all those Vista CableCARD recordings.[Thanks, Jagannath]
Moser Baer shipping blank HD DVD media
Ever heard of Moser Baer? We hadn't till we found out they were shipping their blank HD DVD's to OEMs. Apparently this company is the world's second largest manufacturer of optical media discs and occupies a 18% market share. The company is recognizing that optical media is in a transition phase and is moving towards high-def. The company does plan on producing Blu-ray media as well. We just assume that the HD DVD got shipped first due to the fact that HD DVDs can be produced on the same production lines as normal DVDs.
