RSSThe read/write cycle continues: 6x Blu-ray BD-Rs in July
By Tim Conneally | Published June 24, 2008, 12:03 PM
Panasonic has announced the upcoming availability of 6x BD-R media, claiming a data transfer rate of 216 megabits per second.
Developments in Blu-ray thus far have occurred on a fairly regular basis; on an average of every eight to ten months, the market receives a new generation of blue laser products. This month, just around 8 months after Blu-ray got widely bumped up to 4x, we have begun to see 6x devices and media.
With each subsequent generation, consumers also get treated to the marked drop in price that is customary with advances in technology. The first BD-R recorder from Pioneer, the BDR-101A, premiered in May 2006 with an MSRP of just around $1,000, after which prices for 2x and 4x burners were cut almost in half.
LG has already made available three 6x Blu-ray burners, all under $400.
BD-R media have thus far premiered at about the same price point. However, when production of the next generation begins, that's when the prices drop. 25 GB 2x discs originally cost between $20-30 each, but have dropped to between $8-12 after the proliferation of 4x. Today, 4x media have come down to around $10-15 per disc. Japanese site PC Watch expects Panasonic's 6x discs to retail for ¥1,700 and ¥4,000 for the 25- and 50 GB versions, or about $15.75 and $37.00 respectively.
So are there studies (independent) out there on how long these BD-Rs last?
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|wow. 216mbps. i am not even sure my hdd to hdd transfer can achieve that fast.
And for the cost of the media, I will stick with dvdr now. Which cost under $0.25 each.
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|Unless you're still using 20GB HDDs, or HDDs on the same IDE channel, you can definitely achieve 216mbps. Most modern drives will achieve 500mbps+ - Raptors and some SSDs can get 700mbps+.
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|Get over disc's use an HD.. for movies use VOD..
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|exactly,
wonder how well these companies are going to be with up to date drivers etc. VOD / DVD (upscaled) works fine for me.
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|High definition VOD through Verizon FiOS doesn't work for me. The Faroudja video processor in my HD monitor doesn't properly display 1080i video. When displaying 1080i material the actual resolution is 1920x540, not 1920x1080 like it should be.
There is a BIG difference between upscaled 480p content and 1080i/p content. Upscaled 480p content looks like crap even on a Silicon Optix Reon video processor. If you can't see the difference then you're either blind or you have a tiny TV in your living room.
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|God Dammit, God Dammit.
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|1920x540 - well yeah, because each frame 1080i is supposed to be 1920x540. But the frames should be interlaced (at 60fps or higher) so adding the alternating frames together will give 1080i. But as you said, your HD monitor might not support interlacing properly - or at all. A lot of new 'digital' TVs struggle to interlace properly for a lot of different reasons.
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