DVD+R interesting developments...

[Kris1]

http://www.research.philips.com/InformationCenter/Global/FNewPressRelease.asp?lArticleId=2822&lNodeId=13',%20550,450);

Nice.

Greetings,

[Technoid]

Definitley something to keep in mind

[Paddy]

I wonder when the writers will be available...

[Ray Austin]

cool very cool.

[Kris1]

... one should note that again, Verbatim currently seems to play a key role in DVDR advancement.

The "pseudo" 8x DVD+R Plextor engine was another fine example of what can be achieved when a couple of manufacturers put their heads together : The Plextor writes approx. 75% (or something, I've not measured it that well) in 8X on a high quality 4x certified Verbatim DVD+R, and I've not witnessed a degradation of playback performance or compatibility compared to the more classical written 2.4x or 4x medias so far.

Samsung has predicted 16x DVD+R sometime halfway 2004, prompted by the development of a new type of laser diode by Verbatim's mother company, Mitsubishi. http://archive.infoworld.com/article...hndvdlaser.xml

According to the roadmap presented to us by the Samsung salesmen last week, it is highly likely Samsung will drop the DVDram format, and concentrate on DVD+/-R hybrids and BlueRay engines. http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/vza-30.09.03-000/. (In German, sorry, comes from Heise (C't) so I give it a high chance of being correct). In the same article, Samsung mentions the introduction of their own 8x DVD+R writer SR-80.

[Kris1]

And to confirm the rumours I did hear ....

http://www.pioneer.co.jp/press/release125.html

So basically, nothing changed (that much )

[wkulecz]

Given the compatability problems of DVD-R and DVD+R in players existing when thay came out, I'll believe this when I see it!

The installed base is a whole lot higher now than it was, so if these are not near 100% compatable they'll be more trouble than they are worth IMHO, unless you are only making disks for yourself.

--wally.

[Kris1]

... a legit remark, no doubt.

On the other hand, it's my experience that the players who come to the market now score better in terms of compatibility than the first generation DVD players with their single laser pickup and/or dedicated pickup/decoder logic. So by the same logic, the compatibility maybe _growing_ in terms of percentages instead of declining.

*wishful thinking, I know*

[Chrono_Wanderer]

sweet! I am going to hold my horses on buying one of those DVD burners

Thanks!