CDRInfo.com: Pioneer proceeds with development of dual layer DVD-R

CDRInfo.com: Pioneer proceeds with development of dual layer DVD-R
According to a very short news article at CDRInfo.com, Pioneer has moved forward with its plans to develop dual-layer DVD-R discs.

This is obviously one of those moments for Pioneer when it really doesn't have any other choice other than push towards dual layer recording capabilities, since DVD+RW Alliance member Philips announced today that it has already developed a dual-layer DVD+R disc that would fit same amount of data as commercial DVD-9 discs.



Source: CDRInfo.com

Written by: Petteri Pyyny @ 3 Oct 2003 14:29
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  • 9 comments
  • Gryphus

    Let's forget the DVD-9 stuff! I'd like to see dual layer Blu-ray be standard.

    4.10.2003 03:20 #1

  • 72morgan

    Gryphus

    Audio Standards went from Vinyl to 8 Track to Cassette and now CD.

    Blu-Ray is only the Second step and certainly not the last step in DVD technology. Current DVD`s hold 4.7 GB`s or 2 hours of video on a disc. HDTV requires 5 times the space to fit the same 2 hours of video, hence the need for 25 GB discs and new Blu-Ray technology to make it happen.

    But that is not the end. HDTV is not the final or last video standard. That is not the ultimate or final Video standard. HDTV can only put 10% of what the human eye can see on screen. So the Ultimate DVD disc would have to hold 250 GB`s for 2 hours of video before the human eye could not process it.

    The question is how many generations after Blu-Ray will it take & we will have to buy before we get there ???

    4.10.2003 05:53 #2

  • Gryphus

    Ah, television. People still use that antique?

    The point I was trying to make was not one of what HDTV needs to store it, or the progression of standards of obsolete audio devices, simply that DVD is getting old and small. 9 GB isn't much. With better prospects waiting, why not throw energy into making the next one better instead of twiddling the last one? Kind of reminds me of the 2.88 MB floppies from years ago.

    Personally, 250 GB in a few years is a better prospect to me than 4 GB tomorrow.

    4.10.2003 07:10 #3

  • Toiletman

    Okay. Dual layers DVds. A new generation of back upping? I don't want to learn that all again. How about a single layer of xxxx discs that could hold 10 GB of information?

    When you are on your deathbed, you will wonder, "Did I waste my life? Was it worth spending all that time on that?" Do not despair, no one has wasted their life. After all, you can only waste something if you throw it away. And you can't throw life away.

    5.10.2003 09:53 #4

  • Oriphus

    72Morgan - Sony have announced 100GB+ discs by 2007 and 50GB+ discs by 2005. Blue laser, though not blu ray.

    Gryphus - We wont need dual layer blue laser due to its size already. It may be a future aspec of it, but one step at a time son ;-)

    5.10.2003 18:07 #5

  • reydav

    Who Needs dual layer disk when you can record a
    DVD-9 on a DVD-5 with Clone DVD and AnyDVD running
    in the background. I think its better then dvdxcopy
    express, because the disk is Identical when
    finished.

    Reynaldo Davis

    6.10.2003 09:48 #6

  • Oriphus

    I do, or somethign better, because compression ,eans less quality and with a 60" screen, i need all the quality i can get.

    6.10.2003 11:05 #7

  • coraggio

    What is a dual layer DVD, how is it done and what capacity does it have?

    6.10.2003 20:44 #8

  • jonnydoe.

    So what happens is this:

    I backup all my favourite films (100's) onto single layered dvd-r's (some compressed etc) and then a dual layered dvd-r format comes out and ive gotta backup the dvd9 originals again lol (Losing money and making the whole thing pointless). The argument could be wait forever for the next big invention around the corner and not do anything your entire life but read articles and magazines. hehe

    Isn't technology a wonderful thing? lol

    Think i'll go back to div-x or xvcd..over 2 cd's

    And mp3 has lasted well i must say...


    JD

    8.10.2003 00:09 #9

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