Ricoh Europe has announed the launch of the world's first 16x DVD+R DL media. The discs have already been certified by the DVD+R/+RW Verification Laboratories Group and will ship to hardware manufacturers on March 7th, 2007.
With its recently launched 16x DVD+R Double Layer, Ricoh has significantly raised the standards for fast DL blank discs. At the same time this milestone has once again revealed the company's high level of technical competency in the field of innovative high-speed media development. This is confirmed by the certificate issued by the Verification Laboratories Group which sets the official standards for the new Double Layer DVD+R media with write speeds of up to 16x. Delivery of the first samples for hardware manufacturers started on 7th March 2007.
No word on price. However, Ricoh plans to start sales in summer of 2007. If you'd like to read more, Ricoh's entire press release can be found here.
