TDK now shipping 25 GB Blu-ray recordable media

Mathew Everett 10 Apr, 2006 at 12:54pm ET Article published in Tech

TDK seems to be the first company in the world to publicly sell Blu-ray recordable discs.

Unlike CD-Rs and DVD-Rs, at least for the time being, the first recordable BD-Rs and BD-RWs will be sold as singles. According to TDK, prices of blank 25 GB BD-R recordable discs will be $19.99 apiece, with blank 25 GB BD-RWs selling at $24.99.

Sources with companies belonging to the Blu-ray Disc Association have told TG Daily that 25 GB storage will provide plenty of space for recording a single high-definition movie at 1080p (progressive) resolution. Once the complete specification for AACS copy protection is completed, and once the system for maintaining Internet connections with Blu-ray players has been launched – at this rate, probably some time next year – Blu-ray customers will be able to make licensed recordings of movies via on-demand download services.

Source: Toms Hardware

Comments

10 Apr 2006 ~ 5:41pm Leonardo Does anyone feel queasy about spending a small fortune for a device which doesn't even yet have an industry standard behind it? Maybe I'm too conservative on things like this, but I just am not interrested in any of the HD recordable media gadgets until there is an accepted, long term standard.
10 Apr 2006 ~ 6:22pm Garg With this media at almost $1/gb, hard drives are cheaper.
10 Apr 2006 ~ 7:13pm Armo i hope DL DVD's prices take a nose dive.
10 Apr 2006 ~ 8:48pm Thrax $1/GB is pathetic. **** off, Blu-Ray.
10 Apr 2006 ~ 11:19pm Beastlee I think they will be great as soon as the price comes down! I usually have to back up my HDD to 3 or 4 DVD RWs before I reinstall Windows (far to often). Just one of these would do it for me but not at that price.
10 Apr 2006 ~ 11:48pm shwaip I would expect prices to drop significantly once competitors start making media (both HDDVD and Blu-ray)
11 Apr 2006 ~ 12:26am Qeldroma They'll probably have 25 packs on sale for $25 by Christmas? Problem is- I don't see a huge market for it except maybe for data backups by then either.
11 Apr 2006 ~ 1:03am Thrax

Qeldroma wrote:

They'll probably have 25 packs on sale for $25 by Christmas? Problem is- I don't see a huge market for it except maybe for data backups by then either.

Nah. DL DVDs are still close to $50 for a 25 pack.
11 Apr 2006 ~ 11:10am Sledgehammer70 i bet they will be like DVD +R's like $180 per pack of 20... I think I will use my dual layer DVD's for a few more years... even dual layer DVD's are a bit pricey....
12 Apr 2006 ~ 3:19am Mal51 Just wait until HDDVD and BluRay battle it out, prices drop, and one fall out. One will probably win out over the other one, and noone wants to be stuck with the betamax again.
12 Apr 2006 ~ 8:44am Armo

Sledgehammer70 wrote:

i bet they will be like DVD +R's like $180 per pack of 20... I think I will use my dual layer DVD's for a few more years... even dual layer DVD's are a bit pricey....

ive never usued DL DVD's when i can get barin bin DVD-R's for $15 for 100! granted they are 4X but its 100 for $15!! i had to get 2, lol

id like to use DL DVD's for backing my stuff up though.