August 16, 2006 7:58 AM PDT
Sony ships recordable Blu-ray discs to U.S.
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Sony has begun shipping 50-gigabyte recordable Blu-ray Disc media to the United States, the company announced Wednesday. A prominent backer of the next-generation media format, Sony shipped its first Blu-ray titles in June and has re-engineered the AccuCore technology used in its recordable DVDs to fit the high-definition technology. Additionally, Wednesday's announcement confirmed that Sony will ship rewritable Blu-ray media later this year.
The new recordable discs are dual-layer, meaning that a total of 25 gigabytes can be recorded on each side, and Sony estimates that they can hold about four hours of HD video. They will retail for about $48.
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- Not two sided...
- Correction: Blu-ray discs are not two sided. It's not 25GB per side, but per layer. There is not flipping of sides to get to the other content, like HD-DVD. The laser simply has to refocus to read the layer that is one level higher on the disk.
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- Ok Sony Rep
- The Blu Ray disc is great you get dual layers for only $48. I wont even pay over $35 for a dual layer DVD-RW drive! Come on. Im sure sony is just breaking even at that, Poor sony. However these may not blow up or give your computer viruses.
