8.5gb dvd+rs !!!! :)

[spaceman]

Link


I know this news will make someone other than myself happy

 

[00Jones]

Sweet!

 

[conjur]

Schwing!

 

[Koing]

Nice!

Koing

 

[MercenaryForHire]

And I just bought a dual-format drive, too. :|

- M4H

 

[00Jones]

heh, the dutch made this so they can have 4 hours of porn without having to get up! Lazy bastards!

 

[spaceman]

i wonder how much they will be when they hit the market?
unless they can also do it with - id say the format war ends with this.

 

[Bootprint]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
And I just bought a dual-format drive, too. :|

- M4H

Damn you, so it's your fault

 

[h8red]

My guess is that the MPAA will have something to say about this

 

[conjur]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
And I just bought a dual-format drive, too. :|

- M4H

HA ha

 

[optoman]

Originally posted by: ncircle
i wonder how much they will be when they hit the market?
unless they can also do it with - id say the format war ends with this.

CDR Info reports

Pioneer Corporation has proceeded to the development of dual layer recording on DVD-R discs.

 

[00Jones]

Originally posted by: optoman

Originally posted by: ncircle
i wonder how much they will be when they hit the market?
unless they can also do it with - id say the format war ends with this.

CDR_Info reports

Pioneer Corporation has proceeded to the development of dual layer recording on DVD-R discs.

So what, Who wants to flip the disc? THE DUTCH DON'T! DUTCH OWN YOU!

 

[optoman]

Originally posted by: 00Jones

Originally posted by: optoman

Originally posted by: ncircle
i wonder how much they will be when they hit the market?
unless they can also do it with - id say the format war ends with this.

CDR_Info reports

Pioneer Corporation has proceeded to the development of dual layer recording on DVD-R discs.

So what, Who wants to flip the disc? THE DUTCH DON'T! DUTCH OWN YOU!

What is a flip disc? They are developing a dual layer dvd-r to compete with the dual layer dvd+r.

 

[AnitaPeterson]

...but DVD+RW and even dual format drives should be able to deal with these new discs... it'll be like the 80-minute CD-Rs al over again, all writers can use them

 

[optoman]

Originally posted by: AnitaPeterson
...but DVD+RW and even dual format drives should be able to deal with these new discs... it'll be like the 80-minute CD-Rs al over again, all writers can use them

That is yet to be seen. It might just be a firmware upgrade to be able to write dual layered dvds but no one has said anything yet.

All current writers will be able to read them, but writing is a different story.

 

[Iron Woode]

Originally posted by: optoman

Originally posted by: 00Jones

Originally posted by: optoman

Originally posted by: ncircle
i wonder how much they will be when they hit the market?
unless they can also do it with - id say the format war ends with this.

CDR_Info reports

Pioneer Corporation has proceeded to the development of dual layer recording on DVD-R discs.

So what, Who wants to flip the disc? THE DUTCH DON'T! DUTCH OWN YOU!

What is a flip disc? They are developing a dual layer dvd-r to compete with the dual layer dvd+r.

That brings back old memories of the Commodore Days. 1541 single head drives and Double Sided/Double Density floppies that we flipped over to effectively double the storage capacity (348KB baby!).

 

[iamme]

Originally posted by: 00Jones

Originally posted by: optoman

Originally posted by: ncircle
i wonder how much they will be when they hit the market?
unless they can also do it with - id say the format war ends with this.

CDR_Info reports

Pioneer Corporation has proceeded to the development of dual layer recording on DVD-R discs.

So what, Who wants to flip the disc? THE DUTCH DON'T! DUTCH OWN YOU!

dual layer, not dual sided.

this is pretty cool news, BTW.

 

[kami]

/me wants dual layer DVD-R's soooooooooooooooooo badly.

 

[Shawn]

So I gotta buy a new dvd burner now?!?! :|:|

 

[her209]

i never thought news could give someone wood.

 

[jfall]

Does anyone have any idea if these would play in current DVD players that support + and - ?

 

[fooshkee]

does this mean we'd have to buy new burners? please god noooo

 

[optoman]

Originally posted by: jfall
Does anyone have any idea if these would play in current DVD players that support + and - ?

Yes these will play in most players. The players will look for the second layer if it is needed. Nothing different than a typical dvd that has two layers.

 

[her209]

Originally posted by: fooshkee
does this mean we'd have to buy new burners? please god noooo

most likely...

 

[Evadman]

I seriously doubt any recorders out today will be able to write to these disks. They do not have the highly focused optics required for focusing a beam within a few picometers of another track.