According to a German website, Philips will present at Cebit their DVD Dual Layer burner - the snappily titled 'DVD+RW 885K'. The dual-layer DVD+R media it burn will have nearly twice the current capacity of 8.5 gigabytes at data.
The Philips DVD+RW 885K
It seems the drive will burn at 8x on the first layer and 2.4x on the second layer in the DVD+R format DVD+R. Rewriting will only be available on the first layer at 4x.
The reading rate for DVDs is 12x. CD burning will be 24x10x40.
The 'DVD+RW 885K' will be available starting from July, pricing is not yet known.
Story source:
pcwelt.de.
