Sony introduces first double layer DVD drives

Santa Clara (CA) - Sony is the first company to officially announce DVD burners which can record double layer (DL) DVDs. Scheduled to ship at the end of the second quarter of this year, Sony's drives will support DVD±R which boast a capacity of 8.5 GByte.

DL DVDs are finally making their way into stores. Sony illustrated the capacity of the DL DVD that its single-sided, two-layer structure is enough to store about 17,000 digital images, 2,000 music tracks, or up to four hours of MPEG-2 video.

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