First Dual Layer burn news, now Dual layer disk. RITEK DL

[Faustus]

found on CD freaks

http://www.cdfreaks.com/news/9350

Ritek has revealed its road map at CeBIT and it includes DL DVD+R, 16x DVD media as well as the Blu-ray Discs and HD DVD. According to the CEO, Gordon Yeh, Ritek is now also the first Taiwanese manufacturer to have its 4x DVD+RW media certified by Philips.

Ritek is exhibiting a variety of its new products at CeBIT, with a focus on 8.5GB single-sided double-layer DVD+R discs, 25GB single-sided and 40GB double-sided Blu-ray discs, 16x DVD+R discs and HD (high-definition) DVD discs. An HD DVD has a large storage capacity 20-100 times that of today’s mainstream optical discs, Yeh pointed out.

Ritek will start volume production of 8.5GB single-sided double-layer DVD+Rs and 12x DVD+Rs next quarter. Production of 16x DVD+Rs and HD DVDs will begin in the second half, Yeh indicated.

mmmm...ritek goodness...

[mob]

DAMN, what's a BlueRay Disc? 25GB single sided?!?

[Vanderlow]

I think HG-DVd is 20GB a side and blu-ray is 30Gb a side.

[cirving]

Do you need a blu-ray burner? Or will a regular DVD burner work (I know, this has the potential to be a VERY stupid question)

[MrShavez]

There are no stupid questions, just stupid people... :P

I´m sorry, I just had to do that...don´t hold it against me please

You need a Blu ray burner to be able to burn those babies

[Craig Tucker]

DAMN, what's a BlueRay Disc? 25GB single sided?!?

There are several threads on blueray technology, just do a forum search.

[jnk76]

No mention of DVD-R DL or 8X + burning?

J

[smearbrick1]

The interesting thing was the comment concerning HD-DVD being able to hold 20-100 times more than current media.

That's freakin' huge!!!!

[jnk76]

just to clarify...........I was asking about no mention of Ritek with 8X + DVD-R discs and DVD-R DL discs. ANyone have any announcements from them?

J

[Faustus]

Looks like no -R Dual Layer until Last Quarter, thought it has been upgraded from 1x (meaning 2 hours) to 2x (so an our even) to burn both layers.

[tim_vic2002]

I heard the single sided double layer dvds will burn at 2.4X

[Faustus]

I heard the single sided double layer dvds will burn at 2.4X

single sided +R dual layers yes. Single sided -R dual layers no.

[zanos]

Argh, back to one hour burns again.

[Vanderlow]

I thought I saw in one announcement that a DL 7GB movie would take 40mins.

[kabanero]

just to clarify...........I was asking about no mention of Ritek with 8X + DVD-R discs and DVD-R DL discs. ANyone have any announcements from them?

J

NOT from Ritek, NOT from Verbatim, NOT from Ricoh.

Quote from CDfreaks.com:

Although it is not said explicitly in the original article, we only deal with Plus-media. Now I'm asking myself what is happening to DVD-R. As almost no 8x media is available yet, one does not dare about thinking of dual layer or 16x media. So the DVD forum will have to hurry up if they want to stay competitive as it currently looks like plus and minus will coexist, but without further and particularly faster improvements, minus media may still fall behind.

Full article here: News about DVD media for dual layer and 16x
http://www.cdfreaks.com/news/9363