It’s been less than a month since Pioneer announced their 16-layer 400GB Blu-ray disc and now they’ve announced that a 500GB Blu-ray disc is feasible. Research by a team of engineers at Pioneer HQ, Tokyo has found this 20-layer Blu-ray disc is possible by applying proprietary technology to the layers of the optical discs. The only thing we need to know if these will play in current Blu-ray players and drives. Pioneer previously mentioned that some kind of modification might be necessary but so we’ll keep our fingers and see what happens.
[Pioneer]
Tags: Blu-ray Media, Blu-ray News, Pioneer
Pioneer announced this week they have developed a read only Blu-ray disc technology that allows up to 400GB on a single disc. The new Pioneer technology has 16 layers, 25GB per layer, on a single 12-centimeter Blu-ray disc. By comparison, current Blu-ray discs hold 25GB on a single layer disc and 50GB on a dual-layer disc.
Will it work with existing Blu-ray players? Pioneer announced that, “it is possible to maintain compatibility between the new 16-layer optical disc and the BD discs.” However, some kind of modification may be necessary, either in the production of these new high density discs or existing Blu-ray players.
Either way, it’s good to hear companies trying to expand the already high capacity of Blu-ray discs.
[Yahoo! News]
Tags: Blu-ray Media, Blu-ray News, Pioneer
Panasonic announced today they will be releasing the world’s first 6x BD-R, set for July availability in Japan. The are releasing the 6x BD-Rs in 25GB and 50GB capacities to meet consumer demand to write and read large amounts of data at a higher speed. The writing speeds will vary from 1x to 6x for high-quality recording, so even if the drive’s laser power fluctuates, it will result in greater overall drive compatibility. Blu-ray drives compatible with 6x media will be commercialized in Japan by the end of September.
Tags: Blu-ray Media, Panasonic
Delkin devices has now made available its Archival Gold 25GB Blu-ray (BD-R) recordable media which guarantees to safely preserve your precious media for the next 200 years. It also features a market-leading 4x write speed, which allows users to burn 25GB of data in only 23 minutes. Proprietary ScratchArmor™ scratch-proof coating protects the disc from the elements fifty times better than any other BD-R disc around, making it the most durable in the market.
I know the ‘200 Year’ guarantee is the selling point but it makes us wonder a lot of things. Most interestingly, if their guarantee doesn’t come through, you won’t be around to sue them!
Available now, single Archival Gold BD-R Discs cost $26.99 each.
[Adorama]
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