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09-22-2004, 9:07 AM
Sony Corp. will announce next month that it developed an 8-layer version of the Blu-ray Disc that is capable of storing 200GB of data, according to a company spokesman.
The announcement will be made at the International Symposium on Optical Memory 2004, from Oct.11 to Oct.15, in Jeju Island, South Korea, according to Sony. The company further plans to commercialize a 4-layer 100GB version in 2007, said Sony spokesman Taro Takamine.
"The advantage of Blu-ray over DVD is definitely capacity and we are extending our multilayer performance. The 8-layer is a technology demonstration. We haven't decided when we are going to commercialize it yet," Takamine said. Read more at MacCentral (http://www.macworld.com/news/2004/09/21/sony/index.php)
The announcement will be made at the International Symposium on Optical Memory 2004, from Oct.11 to Oct.15, in Jeju Island, South Korea, according to Sony. The company further plans to commercialize a 4-layer 100GB version in 2007, said Sony spokesman Taro Takamine.
"The advantage of Blu-ray over DVD is definitely capacity and we are extending our multilayer performance. The 8-layer is a technology demonstration. We haven't decided when we are going to commercialize it yet," Takamine said. Read more at MacCentral (http://www.macworld.com/news/2004/09/21/sony/index.php)