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Verbatim 4x DVD-RDL to appear in North America SOON!

PostPosted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 2:20 pm
by dolphinius_rex
I just thought I'd let everyone know that Verbatim's 4x DVD-RDL media will be arriving in North America at your favourite online vendors soon. I've just been in touch with Verbatim's largest distributor in North America, and the media is on it's way and available for pre-order :D

As for pricing, it's a little more expensive then DVD+RDL from Verbatim, but not much. Of course, this says NOTHING about what it will be sold for at Retail levels.

PostPosted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 2:37 pm
by Ian
Meritline has them already:

http://www.meritline.com/verbatim-95165 ... er-11.html

$23.97 for 3 pack. Not cheap, but its better than when DVD+R DL discs first came out.

PostPosted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 3:01 pm
by dolphinius_rex
Wow... boy am I ever glad I don't BUY DVDDL media in the US...

PostPosted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 4:17 pm
by aviationwiz
dolphinius_rex wrote:Wow... boy am I ever glad I don't BUY DVDDL media in the US...


I can arrange for that to happen, :D

PostPosted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 4:33 pm
by skypx
dolphinius_rex wrote:Wow... boy am I ever glad I don't BUY DVDDL media in the US...


I am assuming you get your media in Canada? Is it cheaper there? I'm moving to Japan in about two months, any idea what it will cost there? Thanks.

PostPosted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 4:35 pm
by dolphinius_rex
skypx wrote:
dolphinius_rex wrote:Wow... boy am I ever glad I don't BUY DVDDL media in the US...


I am assuming you get your media in Canada? Is it cheaper there? I'm moving to Japan in about two months, any idea what it will cost there? Thanks.


Yeah, DVD DL media is cheaper in Canada. I'm sure it's cheaper in Japan, but I have no idea how much.

Regular price on Verbatim DVD+RDL is about $7.25 CAD right now. My cost is somewhat cheaper then that... when I buy them.

PostPosted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 4:36 pm
by dolphinius_rex
By the way:

Places that AREN'T meritline will be able to get the Verbatim DVD-RDL media in stock at the end of the month.

PostPosted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 6:02 pm
by ItalianJob
Is there a list of known DVD-ROM readers or standalones that can read both layers of such discs now ? (not including DVD-R DL burner, too easy :roll: )

PostPosted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 6:23 pm
by dolphinius_rex
I don't know of one...

EDIT:

BTW: since we're talking about DVD-RDL, I thought I might pass on that I've heard Taiyo Yuden is working on DVD-RDL media as well.... but not word yet on DVD+RDL.

PostPosted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 6:49 pm
by ItalianJob
I only know this, but it's quite short (and disapointing) :

http://www.cdfreaks.com/article/201/5

PostPosted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 6:58 pm
by dolphinius_rex
ItalianJob wrote:I only know this, but it's quite short (and disapointing) :

http://www.cdfreaks.com/article/201/5


Hrm... yeah that's not too informative really. They didn't even show any disc specs for the media used in the compatability testing :o

PostPosted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 7:21 pm
by ItalianJob
You will find what you want in the other pages of the test.

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Unique Disc Identifier : [DVD-R-DL:MKM 01RD30 ]
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Disc & Book Type : [DVD-R DL] - [DVD-R]
Manufacturer Name : [Mitsubishi Kagaku Media]
Manufacturer ID : [MKM 01RD30 ]
Blank Disc Capacity : [4,171,712 Sectors = 8,147.9MB = 7.96GB (8.54GB)]
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

As we can see the media code is MKM 01RD30, type DVD-R DL with the Book Type DVD-R.

PostPosted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 9:16 pm
by dolphinius_rex
I mean they haven't shown the quality and statistics of the disc used in the playability tests. It might have huge jitter or beta problems!

PostPosted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 5:48 am
by RJW
C't did report on those and there conclusion was that quite some drives don't expect a second layer on -R booktype.

PostPosted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 5:48 am
by ItalianJob
dolphinius_rex wrote:I mean they haven't shown the quality and statistics of the disc used in the playability tests. It might have huge jitter or beta problems!


Oh! That's true :o