TDK Japan has
announced that they will be releasing their new 4x BD-R media to the Japanese market on July 25th. The company also plans to ship 4x BD-R
DL media in late September.Here's part of their press release, translated from Japanese:
TDK marketing corporation (president: Matsui national rapture), the blue ray
disk BD-R for the data which this each time corresponds to 4 time fast record (postscript type) single sided 1 layer (25GB) with single
sided 2 layer (50GB) 2 types are merchandised, 1 layer type sells on July 25th. 2 layer type, the ink jet printer corresponding disk (1
layer type), we plan the sale September 20th.
According to AV Watch, TDK's 4x BD-R and BD-R DL media is expected to cost about 1,700 Yen ($14US) and 4,000 Yen ($33US)
respectively. More information can be found here.
