Dual layer Blu-Ray and DVD+R displayed at CEATEC Japan
Posted on 07/10/03 16:49 by Johnny                             
Dual layer Blu-Ray and DVD+R displayed at CEATEC Japan
AV Watch has posted a report from the CEATEC show in Japan which started today with plenty of information and pictures of new products and prototypes. Here is a short summary of the most interesting news:

  • Mitsubishi and Ricoh show dual layer DVD+R media and recording is demonstrated by Philips on a PC drive. Dual layer products are expected to be launched in springtime 2004 in Europe and USA.
  • NEC and Sony show DVD writers featuring 8x/4x DVD+R/RW write speed and 4x/2x DVD-R/RW write speed. 8x DVD+R media are also displayed by several manufacturers including Moser Baer, Prodisc and Ricoh.
  • Matsushita (Panasonic) shows a dual layer Blu-ray recorder as well as 50 GB dual layer Blu-ray media. Blu-Ray recorders are also displayed by Pioneer, Sharp, Sony and Victor (JVC).
  • TDK shows a blue laser disc with four layers capable of storing 100 GB and implies this might be implemented in future Blu-Ray specifications.
  • NEC and Toshiba show recorders, drives and media for their competing blue laser format called AOD.

Be sure to check out all the pictures and read the complete reports from AV watch here and here (Babelfish translation).

Source: AV Watch

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By JPWRana, Tuesday 07 October 2003 17:35
DEAR LORD! 50gb and 100gb discs!!! i can really back up my dvd collection now, with enough pitty space 2 back up all my songs hehe biggrin
By Kenshin, Tuesday 07 October 2003 17:52
They are really for HD-DVD. Usual 2-hour HD video files occupy over 20GB. At first, HD-DVD media will not be as cheap as DVD media. So most people who want to backup their commercial DVD movie titles would want to use single-layer and dual-layer DVD+R/-R media only. In South Korea where HDTV and 100Mbps home internet presence is already strong, the demand for HD-DVD is very real.
By macrovisionsux, Tuesday 07 October 2003 21:15
100 GB on quad layer blue ray!! biggrin can you imagine what a quad layer violet ray will hold?!! thats just scary.
By FreqNasty, Wednesday 08 October 2003 09:10
layers, layers, layers..gotta love all these layers and the fact u will be able to record onto them all supergrin
By Jay Sea, Monday 13 October 2003 01:15
Jay SeaDo these dvd+r dual layer media have to be used with dual layer buners or will the normal dvd+rw recorders be able to burn onto dvd+r dual layer discs? My question is: "Do I have to wait for the dual layer burners if there will be any?"
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