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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. Add a comment
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.
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The European Commission announced on March 1 that it has launched an in-depth investigation into the WTO consistency of the granting of compulsory licenses by Taiwan for recordable compact discs (CDRs) under the Trade Barriers Regulation...While Taiwan has agreed to cooperate in the investigation, Philips has gone ahead and appealed to the Taipei High Administrative Court in an attempt to cancel the compulsory licensing of its patents. Either way, this is going to get messy. If you'd like to read more, head on over to DigiTimes. Add a comment
...The case is a result of a July 2004 ruling by the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO), under the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), that called for the compulsory licensing of five Royal Philips Electronics' CD-R disc patents to Gigastorage, a second-tier optical disc maker in Taiwan. TIPO based its decision on the fact that Philips had refused to renegotiate the CD-R fixed royalty charge rate of US$0.035 per disc, despite the fact that OEM prices had fallen from US$5 in 1997 to US$0.19 in the first half of 2003.
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The RW Products Promotion Initiative (RWPPI, Representative Director: Koki Aizawa) and the Recordable DVD Council) RDVDC, Chairman: Bon-Guk Koo) have completed their DVD compatibility tests jointly conducted since June 2006. These tests were conducted on products compatible with recordable DVD: 6x to 12x DVD-RAM, 8cm DVD-RW, 16x speed DVD-R, and 4x and 8x DVD-R DL (Dual Layer). The test results were jointly announced on 23rd February at Conference Square M+ (M plus) (Marunouchi, Tokyo). The current round of compatibility tests was the fourth round of the compatibility tests jointed conducted by RWPPI and RDVDC. In the previous round, tests were conducted on 5x DVD-RAM, 6x to 12x speed DVD-RAM (tester only), 6x speed DVD-RW and 16x speed DVD-R, and their results were announced in April 2006. Detailed results of these tests are available at the website of RWPPI and RDVDC.The RWPPI and RDVDC plan to continue their compatibility tests when faster DVD media is developed. If you'd like to read more, the RWPPI's entire press release can be found here. Add a comment
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In the last few days a number of Web sites and blogs have reported the format has been submitted for approval to the DVD Forum and some have said that approval has been received, but Toshiba says nothing of the sort has happened.Sorry HD DVD fans. It looks like Blu-ray still has the upper hand in regards to capacity, at least for the time being. If you'd like to read more, the entire article can be found here. Add a comment
"We're puzzled ourself by where these reports came from," said Junko Furuta, a spokeswoman for the company in Tokyo. She said Toshiba hasn't made any further announcements about the disc since CES, and it wasn't submitted to any steering committees during this week's DVD Forum meetings in Tokyo.
When Toshiba first announced the disc in January, it said it hoped to get approval for the disc some time in 2007.
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Imation Corp (NYSE: IMN), a worldwide leader in removable data storage media, today announced the world's first inkjet printable and water-resistant Blu-ray media. Optimized for professional disc duplication, users can record high-definition video, gaming, data and other content on Imation Inkjet Printable BD-R Media with AquaGuard(TM) technology, then print water- and smear-resistant graphics and text right on the disc's surface. The discs are compatible with Blu-ray disc players and recorders, including the Primera(R) Bravo XR-Blu Disc Publisher and the Bravo SE Blu, the world's first automated burn and print devices to support high-capacity Blu-ray media. Imation Inkjet Printable Media with AquaGuard technology also is ideal for reliable business backup of high-capacity digital files.Imation's Inkjet Printable BD-R Media with AquaGuard technology is shipping now for a suggested retail price of $24.99 per disc. More information can be found here. Add a comment
