The Sony and Philips drives will use somewhat different discs. Sony calls its variant DVD-R DL. The Philips equivalent is DVD+R DL. Both disc types should be readable in standard DVD drives and players.
Sony estimates the blank discs will cost $5 to $6. Philips does not have an estimate yet.
The dual-layer discs will be slower to burn than single-layer discs — the drives will be rated as burning at 2.4 times faster than playback speed, versus eight times for single-layer discs.
A full 8.5 gigabytes will take about 45 minutes to burn.
this is cool and all, but only 2.4x? i know, i'm sure 8x is a lot to ask for on a DL, but i mean, we have 8x drives now, and 8x media is hard to come by. when these drives come out, will we even be able to buy media? and sony is using DVD-R DL, and philips is using DVD+R DL? damn...way to add more to the format confusion.
nevertheless, it's good to see such a drive.
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