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Taiwanese Company to Mass Produce Rewritable HD Discs

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the places-to-put-your-stuff dept.

Lucas123 writes "Ritek Corp. plans to start mass producing BD-RE and HD DVD-RE next quarter. 'Initially, however, BD-RE and HD DVD-RE discs will be pricey. The average cost per disc will remain around $10 in retail outlets, despite production costs of around $5 per disc, said Eric Ai, a Ritek representative. Prices won't likely come down until other mass disc producers in Taiwan win accreditation to make the discs, and ramp up volumes.'"

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  1. What about Dual Layer DVDs? by tji · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I have a couple systems capable of writing dual layer DVDs, which would be a pretty nice data backup option at ~ 8.5GB per disk.

    But, you almost never see dual layer disks available for purchase. The few times I have seen them, they were ridiculously expensive. I heard that this was because of the patent holder limiting production or charging too high licensing. But, I don't know if that's true.

    Are Dual Layer DVDs an option? Will they be coming down in price, or will we be skipping right to BR/HD-DVD writing?