Philips: '1x-16x All Speed' DVD+R Disc

Philips is the first to introduce 16x DVD+R disc that can be recorded at all speeds.

'1x-16x All Speed' DVD+R medium the first to be approved and ready for mass volume shipments.

Philips Electronics announced that its new 'All Speed' DVD+R blank medium is the first to be approved for 1´ up to 16´ recording speeds. This allows consumers to use this single disc at all recording speeds - from real-time 1´ video recording speed up to the maximum achievable 16´ speeds. A 16´ DVD drive writes the full 4.7 GB DVD+R disc in about 5 minutes.

The new 1´-16´ DVD+R disc was co-developed by Philips Optical Storage and CMC of Taiwan, the world no. 1 manufacturer of recordable DVD media. The disc uses a new Oxonol dye developed by FujiFilm, containing no heavy metals/banned substances conform Philips' strive to relieve the environment. The developments are based on the results of Philips Research's innovations in optical-storage technologies, which include the development of a new write strategy for high-speed writing.

"Using Philips' latest 1´-16´ DVD+R medium, they can record their precious video memories or data files with any DVD+R recorder, no matter if this is one of the latest 16´ DVD writers or a legacy DVD+R writer."

The ability to create your own DVD is very popular and sales of recordable DVD discs are approaching CD-R volume levels. Last year the market for recordable DVD grew by over 300% and it is expected that 1.3 billion DVD discs will be sold in 2004. With the increase of DVD writers in the PC, the annual market for DVD recordable media is projected to reach 5.1 billion discs by 2007.

Philips new DVD+R disc was the first 16x media to be approved by the DVD+R/+RW Verification Laboratories Group (DVLG). The format verification laboratories test newly developed DVD+R, DVD+R DL and DVD+RW discs from media manufacturers to verify that read and write performance comply with the standard specifications to ensure optimal recording on discs.