Panasonic Unveils BD-R XL 100 GB Disc

Panasonic Corporation announced that it will introduce a BD-R XL 100 GB triple-layer (TL) disc in Japan on September 15, 2010. According to the statement, Panasonic’s BD-R XL (LM-BR100LW) conforms to the new BDXL format specification (BD-R v.3) that extends the storage capacity of writable Blu-ray Discs to 100GB, twice the 50 GB storage capacity …

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CyberLink Launches Power2Go 7

CyberLink Corp. announced Power2Go 7, the latest version of its optical disc burning software. According to the statement, Power2Go can burn any media to any disc, including Blu-rays, DVDs and CDs, as well as the latest BDXL format that holds up to 128GB of data on a single disc.

Verbatim Showcases Storage at IFA 2010

Verbatim Europe announced that it will showcase its latest storage innovations at this year’s IFA, being held September 3-8, 2010 in Berlin. According to the statement, this includes 100GB triple layer BXDL Blu-ray media, USB 3.0 SuperSpeed portable hard drives for Mac users, new MediaShare centralized home network hard drive storage, the Clip-it USB Drive …

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Verbatim to Offer BD-R XL 100 GB Blu-ray Discs

Verbatim announced that it expects to offer BD-R XL 100 GB discs in spring 2011. According to the statement, the triple-layer (TL) 100GB capacity discs will be produced by Mitsubishi Kagaku Media’s Mizushima factory. Verbatim also announced that it is now shipping inkjet printable single-layer (SL) 6x BD-R discs in Europe.

Sharp Unveils Blu-ray Recorders with 3D and BDXL Support

Sharp Corporation announced that it will introduce two new AQUOS Blu-ray Disc recorders featuring support for Blu-ray 3D playback as well as the new BDXL format. The BD-HDW700 and BD-HDW70 recorders will be available in Japan beginning July 30, 2010. According to the statement, in addition to Blu-ray 3D, the BD-HDW700 and BD-HDW70 are the …

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Sharp Launches BD-R XL 100 GB Disc

Sharp Corporation announced that it will introduce the world’s first BD-R XL 100 GB triple-layer (TL) disc in Japan on July 30, 2010. According to the statement, Sharp’s BD-R XL (VR-100BR1) conforms to the new BDXL format specification that extends the storage capacity of writable Blu-ray Discs to 100GB, twice the 50 GB storage capacity …

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Specs Approved for 128GB BDXL Blu-ray Discs

The Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) announced that it has finalized and released the specifications for BDXL, a new multi-layer writable Blu-ray Disc (BD) format with up to 128GB of capacity. According to the statement, with the completion and approval of the specifications (BD-R v.3 and BD-RE v.4), manufacturers can now obtain licensing information and license …

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