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Mitsubishi and Maxell Announce 8cm BD-R/RE Media

Postby Ian on Thu Aug 02, 2007 11:21 am

Media manufacturers are really throwing their support behind Hitachi's new Blu-ray Disc camcorders. I wonder if we'll see this stuff in the US.

Mitsubishi Chemical - http://www.mcmedia.co.jp/japanese/news/press/0065.html

Maxell - http://www.maxell.co.jp/jpn/news/2007/news070802.html

Neither company has revealed pricing.. which means its probably expensive. :-?
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Postby Ian on Thu Aug 02, 2007 11:38 am

Verbatim too. They claim to be first?

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Postby dolphinius_rex on Thu Aug 02, 2007 11:57 am

These discs are a joint effort between Hitachi Maxell and Mitsubishi/Verbatim, so either one claiming to be first would be accurate :wink:
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Postby jsl on Thu Aug 02, 2007 6:35 pm

TDK/Imation has announced 8cm BD media too:
http://ir.imation.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=7 ... ID=1035994
MSRP is $25 for BD-R and $35 for BD-RE :o
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Postby Wesociety on Thu Aug 02, 2007 8:15 pm

Imation Introduces 'TDK Life on Record' Brand

Already putting that TDK brand to work...
"Life on Record" sounds pretty cheesy though...
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