Sony launches their first Blu-ray disc media in the Asia Pacific
Posted on 13/06/06 21:19 by Seán Byrne                             
Sony launches their first Blu-ray disc media in the Asia Pacific

Sony has launched its first single-layer 25GB Blu-ray media in the Asia Pacific, hitting the stores this month.  This media features Sony's unique AccuCORE technology to protect the media to ensure reliable writing, protect the disc and make it more durable.  These features include stable writing, half the susceptibility of warping from temperature than CDs and DVDs, 100x scratch resistance of standard discs, anti-static surface which loses half its charge in about 2 minutes, stain resistant coating and an archival life of ~30 years or longer.

The company also plans to launch 50GB dual-layer Blu-ray disc media in the 2nd half of the year.  Both the write once BD-R and rewritable BD-RE media supports up to 2x write speed.

Sony Electronics Asia Pacific introduces the first single-layer 25GB Blu-ray Disc media that will hit the stores in Singapore in June 2006 and also set to launch a dual-layer 50GB Blu-ray Disc media in the second half of the year. Each Blu-ray Disc media offers an enormous storage capacity for customers with a large memory appetite for multiple purposes including storing of video clips, music and for data back-up purpose. Equivalent to 5 DVDs' storage memory capacities, the single layer 25GB Blu-ray Disc media greatly minimises storage space and increase convenience in organizing large files in 1 storage media. Currently, users can easily playback the Blu-ray Disc media with the latest VAIO AR series equipped with an internal Blu-ray Disc media drive, to be launched in the same month.

The full press release can be read here.

It is unclear what price this media will be priced at, however with more manufacturers announcing Blu-ray media, this will hopefully help with competition to bring down the prices sooner.  However, with Blu-ray writers costing up to around $1,000, first these need to come down in price for consumers to even start considering getting a Blu-ray writer, never mind the media! 

Source: Hardware Zone

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