Earlier this week, Samsung announced their latest DVD writer, the SH-S203. With its ability to
write to DVD+R DL media at 16x, the SH-S203 is expected to push the demand for drives and discs capable of this speed.
Samsung Electronics, at a press conference in New York on June 19, introduced its Super WriteMaster SH-S203 DVD burner
featuring a write speed of 16x for DVD+R DL (single-sided double-layer) and that of 20x for DVD+R/-R. The device is expected to push up
demand for DVD burners capable of 16x DVD+R DL recording as well as 16x DVD+D DL discs, according to industry sources in
Taiwan.
While the DVD+RW Alliance released specifications for 12x and 16x DVD+R DL formats in early April of this year, Samsung
took the initiative among global leading DVD burner brands/makers to bring the 16x DVD+R DL into commercial use, the sources indicated.
While 8-12x, currently the mainstream writing speeds for DVD+R DL, takes 15-20 minutes to burn a disc, 16x requires less than 10 minutes,
the sources pointed out.
The article also mentions that Pioneer, Sony and Lite-On plan to release drives capable of writing
to DVD+R DL media at 16x later this year. If you'd like to read more, head on over to DigiTimes.
