So, you picked up a
6x Blu-ray burner earlier this month did you? Too bad there isn't any media available to cope with that write speed. Oh sure,
TDK has been kicking a 6x disc around trade shows for years, but Panasonic will apparently be the first to market when its 25GB and 50GB 6x BD-R discs hit Japan on July 10th. Unfortunately for our Japanese brethren, Panasonic says that, "Blu-ray disc drives compatible with 6X write-once Blu-ray discs are planned to be commercialized in Japan by the end of September 2008." Funny, with those
6x BD-R burners from LG already released in the US, could it be that US (and Korean) Blu-ray interests have finally jumped ahead of Japan's -- the birthplace of Blu? Perhaps, but Panasonic hasn't provided a date for its Stateside 6x media release... yet.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Dave @ Jun 18th 2008 4:19AM
Awesome! I have been waiting for these !
Franssu @ Jun 18th 2008 10:38AM
This is what they call globalization ?
The Fuzz 53 @ Jun 18th 2008 12:35PM
I was in Circuit City last night with a friend that was picking up a 50 pack of single layer DVD's for $9. I saw they had some blank blu-ray disks there. One single layer BD-Rom cost $25!!
Now, I was only 15 when DVD's first came out, but were they that expensive as well? $25 for one disk is insane.