At the ongoing WPC Expo trade show in Tokyo the DVD+RW Alliance today showed its plans for future developments of the DVD+R DL and DVD+RW formats. The 8x DVD+RW specifications were recently finalized and Plextor and BTC have already announced 8x DVD+RW writers. 8x DVD+RW media will however not be backward compatible with 2.4x and 4x DVD+RW speeds and will therefore be labeled with a new high speed logo. Even faster DVD+RW speeds are in development and currently 12x is examined as a possible next speed.
DVD+R/+RW format roadmap | Type of media | 2001 | spring 2002 | fall 2002 | spring 2003 | fall 2003 | spring 2004 | fall 2004 | spring 2005 | fall 2005 | | DVD+RW | | | 2.4x | x | x | x | x | | | 4x | | x | x | x | x | x | x | | 8x | | x | x | x | | >>8x | | x | x | | DVD+R | | | 2.4x | x | x | x | x | | | 4x | | x | x | x | x | | | 8x | | x | x | x | x | x | | 16x | | x | x | x | | DVD+R DL | | | 2.4x | | x | x | x | x | | 8x | | x | x | | >>8x | | x | |
When it comes to double layer DVD+R several manufacturers have already released 4x or even 5x DVD+R DL writers. Official specifications for these speeds will however not be released as Philips plans to skip these speeds and instead release the specifications for 8x DVD+R DL by the end of the year. More information is available at AV Watch here (Babelfish translation).
Source: AV Watch
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