[News] Dual layer DVD+R/W on its way!

[CityK]

Interesting developments in the DVD media realm today:

http://www.cdfreaks.com/news/8125

 

[Buck]

Thanks for the link CityK.

 

[Mercutio]

I just outfitted a classroom with Sony dual format drives.

<sob>

Oh well. Any word on availability of the *GOOD* drives?

 

[Pradeep]

Apparently it can be done with just a firmware update - tho I doubt Sony would miss the opportunity to screw it's loyal customers over and make us buy brand new drives. And the good media of course. I hope it's affordable, unlike double sided DVD-R was at the start.

I was thinking of getting the Plex 8x burner which apparently burns 4x Memorex DVD+R at 8x no probs. But I might as well wait for the double-layer stuff now.

 

[SteveC]

And the good media of course. I hope it's affordable, unlike double sided DVD-R was at the start.

I'm sure Hollywood will try to do everything it can to ensure they won't be affordable.

 

[Mercutio]

At a certain point, I no longer care. Now that I'm used to copying DVDs instead of dealing with encoding, I WANT TO COPY DVDS. This is worth a great deal of money to me.

 

[CityK]

An official Press Release is now available from Pioneer regarding their development of dual layered DVD-R discs. Interestingly enough, their news has been given the same date as Philips' dual layer +R announcement. Seems to me that someone should tell them to adjust their calendars. Anyways, I would tend to agree with Doom9's remark that, based on Pioneers plan "to make a proposal of this technology as a new disc format to the DVD Forum after further improvement in performance", we won't be seeing it for a while....What's that you smell? Why that's the same aroma given off by the ever so widely available P4 EE of course.

To further address the earlier +R/W annoucement, Doom9's Oct 8th news blurb reports that at

The CEATEC fair in Japan ... Mitsubishi and Rico are showcasing dual layer DVD+R media which can be written on a recorder shown by Philips. Dual layer DVD+R products are expected to hit the marketplace in spring 2004. The Blu-ray disc also seems to be gaining support, with Panasonic even showing dual layer Blu-ray discs, capable of holding up to 50 GB of data while the Blu-ray competition has AOD recorders and media on display

50GB. Hi carumba!

 

[EdwardK]

50GB. Hi carumba!

Hi carumba indeed! I can almost drool at the thought of the backups I can make in one single disk :wink: I wonder how much one of these blu-ray nurners cost currently although I fear I have to sell one of my kidneys and lungs.

Cheers,
Edward

 

[Pradeep]

Looks like around US$3,000. Perhaps just one of your lungs and a kidney? And only 27GB currently

http://asia.cnet.com/reviews/hardware/storage/0,39007126,39013640p,00.htm

9MB/sec is what this first gen can do, I believe the next gen will do 18MB/sec.

 

[Pradeep]

Oh and it's U160 internal for the SCSI purists

 

[The JoJo]

Oh and it's U160 internal for the SCSI purists

YIIIIIHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :mrgrn:

 

[CityK]

DVD+R/W DL drives and media: shooting for April

 

[blakerwry]

that'll mean I'll end up waiting atleast another 6 months before coming to a conclusion on a good DVD writer.

 

[Fushigi]

So, with dual-layers maybe being available in 6 or so months, any guess on the price premium? I've been on the edge of buying either the Sony or Pioneer 4x for a little while now, but the idea of dual-layer, well, really the idea of 2x the storage, is rather tempting. My use is for data storage, not creating discs for DVD Player playback.

 

[CityK]

No idea about prices. My only concern about DL is media reliability. If its hard enough to get decent CD-RWs, how in the hell is DVD+R/W DL ever going to get off the ground. I'm anticipating a lot of people making a lot of coasters.....But then again, from everything I've seen/read so far, the DVD Alliance seems pretty confident about the whole thing.

I think I might wait it out a bit more. Everything is just getting cheaper and faster by the day. With that said, however, if a 12x single layer drive and media existed today, I don't think I would bother waiting for any DL drives or reliable media to materialize.

CK