Double layer DVDs hit the market
 

This is the word, according to AfterDawn.com about that long-awaited increase in optical storage space.
Source: Asahi
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MITSUBISHI RELEASES DVD+R DUAL-LAYERS
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$13.30 sounds a bit rough as the suggested retail price,
but yes indeed the Mitsubishi made and Verbatim branded
dual-layer discs hit the streets in Japan. Mitsubishi has
been recognized as a premium optical media supplier for
years, and is best known for its patented azo-dye.The first
dual-layer DVD+R recording media are set to go on sale in
Japan at the end of this month and overseas in June, disc
maker Mitsubishi Kagaku Media Co. Ltd. said last Fridaycrease in storage.

And Lite-on are already selling compatible burners, I do hear tell. Not cheap, at present, but prices are bound to fall as production increases :BL:

pretty dense, pretty cheap, pretty cool. ;)

$102.95



NEC 8X Dual Layer DVD+/-RW Drive, Model ND-2510A

- js

Woot! it only takes about 40 minutes to burn a dual layer dvd.

I think i will wait until both media and drives are a least 12x and at a reasonable cost. Not forgeting the chance of new media compatible drives (HDDVD, Blueray etc) coming out.

HD/Blueray DVD's sound like a cool idea to me, but what they should do is update the video standard to MEPG 4, and then they'd be able to fit twice as much video on a regular DVD without a loss in qualty.

Same drive $92.99 at new egg.

- js.