Sony Dual layer in may

[ice-berg]

http://www.cdr-info.com/Sections/News/Details.asp?RelatedID=4962

although im not a big sony fan when it comes to burners, but whats good from what i have read is that the new dual layer burner will cost about 199Euros (about $240).

[KDH]

Benq could have one out earlier in April.
see

http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.asp?RelatedID=4967

KDH

[awhitney]

I wonder how much the dual layer disks will cost, how good the quality of the disks are, and how compatible will these dual layer disks be with home dvd players

Those are the things I'm most worried about right now. IF they exceed those expectations, than I will get a dual later dvd writer in a heart beat!

Come to think of it, single layer dvds are beginning to be a limiting factor for me because of the amount of video I can put on one disk. Dual layer will give me more freedom to put longer, higher quality video on one disk.

this sounds great!

[Greg12]

How long till a Duel Format Duel Layer Burner.


i will go for that.

[PhreakPhish]

what about dvd-r recording - i would rather that then -r

[KDH]

"Faster DVD burners are on their way: Despite c't's tests showing that 8x is far from being ready (most disc/drive combinations yield very high error rates), AOpen and LG will present 12x DVD+R burners at CeBIT. Waitec (Action 16EX) and Pioneer (A08) will show 16x DVD+R burners, to be released in June. If you're going to get one of these burners, you'll have to wait a bit for the appropriate media. I've spotted the first major brand 8x DVD+R discs, but major manufacturers like Verbatim will only start shipping 8x DVD-Rs next month (and it takes a while for discs to get into stores worldwide), and they'll start shipping dual layer discs in June and 16x DVD+R discs at the end of the year. BenQ is the first manufacturer to give an actual release date for their upcoming dual layer burner, the DW830A. A regular dual format 8x burner, it has 2.4x DVD+R dual layer capabilities and will be released in April.

And if you're wondering what about DVD-R, so far 1x dual layer burning will be ready for Christmas, and no dates were given for 12x and 16x burning yet, but it is reasonable to assume that sooner or later DVD-R will catch up."

Taken from http://www.doom9.org/ 26 Feb 04