Mitsubishi
Kagaku Media (MKM) has announced that it has developed a new dye for recordable
DVD media that supports 1-16x speeds. Some drive manufacturers like Philips/BenQ
have already announced 16x DVD writers to be available in late Q2 or Q3 so I'm
sure MKM's announcement is welcomed:
As an optical disc
manufacturer, MKM was able to fully utilize its experience and technology
for developing organic dye material for recordable optical
discs.
"Our AZO dye enables
precision element design, which results in excellent thermal and optical
properties," said Shigeru Tamura, Chief Information Officer at MKM. "We
maximized the structure to be compatible with high-speed recording, which
gave the discs a wider power margin and greater
sensitivity."
By designing the dye for
high sensitivity to support high-speed recording, MKM controlled the heat
interference between recording marks and reduced the degradation of
recording marks. This minimized jitter and enabled superior recording
characteristics across the entire range of available recording speeds,
from 1x through 16x.
16x DVD drives are
expected in the market around Q3 this year. Thus, MKM continues to meet
the needs of the consumer by developing and manufacturing superior optical
media products. |
You can read the
whole press release here. As we reported a while ago Fujifilm has also developed a 16x dye. I
still have a feeling it will take some time before you'll actually find 16x
media in your local store though…
Source: Mitsubishi Kagaku Media
