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Article: Dual-layer DVD drives to spur category.(TWICE News)(Brief Article)
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- March 22, 2004
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NEW YORK -- With DVD burners selling almost at commodity price levels, several manufacturers hope to reinvigorate the category by introducing dual-layer drives and blank media, the first of which will hit stores next month.
DVD+RW Alliance members Hewlett-Packard, Philips and Sony announced plans at the International CES in January to roll out dual-layer drives during the year. These Plus R formatted drives will burn to newly developed blank media that has two layers of recordable substrate that can hold 8.5GB of data, or double the current capacity.
Sony was the first vendor to officially announce its initial dual-layer line. On March 17, Sony ...