Dye and cheaper discs

[Teazle]

This goes back to Sept. (in Japanese); it is being re-reported in English today:

http://www.itnews.it/2007/1023121801...ride-film.html

Excerpt:

Pioneer and Mitsubishi Kagaku Announce Use of Organic Dye Recording Film in Blu-ray Recordable Discs and Technology for Recordable Blu-ray Discs with Metal Nitride Film

Notizia pubblicata in rete il 23/10/2007 16.31, tempo medio di lettura previsto 3 minuti e 41 secondi

Pioneer Corporation (TSE: 6773) and Mitsubishi Kagaku media Co., Ltd. have together succeeded in the commercialization of recordable Blu-ray Discs (BD-R) with organic dye in the recording layer, and also in developing technology for multiple layered, high speed recording for BD-R with metal nitride in the recording layer.

Both companies had been collaborating to develop BD-R with dye since 2004. With this development, Mitsubishi Kagaku Media was responsible for improving organic dye recording materials and producing sample discs, while Pioneer was responsible for evaluating the samples, as well as disc structure design based on verification and simulations for compatibility with disc drives. The synergy of these two areas of expertise has led to a successful development of the 2X organic dye BD-R.

Since the announcement[1] of the joint development in 2005, Mitsubishi Kagaku Media and Pioneer have also been promoting the standardization of organic dye recording media, and this spring, a recording format (Low to High Type format) for organic dye BD-R has been adopted into the BD-R Format Ver. 1.2[2].
With this standardization, the mass production of organic dye recording media has now become possible with BD-R. Discs with organic dye do not require large-scale investments in facilities so that the current coating facilities for CD-R and DVD-R can be used for BD production lines with only minor adjustments, making low priced discs a possibility.

Further, the development of high performance BD-R with double to multiple layered and high speed recording capability by using metal nitride has been pursued, and technology required for these multiple layered, high speed recording has been successfully developed.
...

[Twism]

I think the most important part of the article is. "With this standardization, the mass production of organic dye recording media has now become possible with BD-R. Discs with organic dye do not require large-scale investments in facilities so that the current coating facilities for CD-R and DVD-R can be used for BD production lines with only minor adjustments, making low priced discs a possibility."

No more replication cost issues for Paramount or any other company once this goes into effect.

This is HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGEEEEEEEE!!

[jorg]

wtf hi def digest dident review blu-ray version

[Ian@CDRLabs]

I have mixed feelings about this. As much as I'd like to have cheaper BD-R discs, the fact that they may or may not work with existing drives does not sit well with me.