DL DVD+RW

[tmelo38]

Just out of curiosity, is there such a thing as a Dual Layer DVD+-RW media?

[redwudz]

No, not generally available, though a few have reportedly been marketed overseas. The cost and high failure rate doesn't seem to make them worth producing.

[jman98]

I disagree with redwudz a little. It seems that nothing except a few demo discs were ever made for the DVD+/-RW DL discs. Nothing has ever been reported for sale anywhere. I agree with him that it seems that these discs have a very high failure rate and cost too much to produce to be practical. They reported to be ready to ship "in just a few more months" or something like that over 2 years ago and we still don't see them, so you shouldn't count on ever seeing these discs. If I remember correctly the DVD+RW DL discs were said to be completely incompatible with current DVD burners and would require new burners. The jury was still out on the DVD-RW DL media and it was unclear if they might work with current burners or also would require a new burner. I think that a few burners were released this year that supposedly support one of these formats, but with no discs for sale anywhere in the world as far as I know, I would not count on ever seeing any practical use of the rewritable dual layer format.

[lordsmurf]

Verbatim Europe officially said on the record that the discs were too expensive, too incompatible, and too prone to production failure. Therefore, they gave up.

[[_chef_]]

Seems to be the only logical step.