14 DAY TRIAL // The DVD+RW Alliance, the organization behind the unofficial rewriteable DVD standard, has approved a dual-layer version of the DVD+RW disc specification. Like existing DVD+R two-layer media, the rewriteable form supports a capacity of 8.5GB.
Using a double layer DVD+RW DL disc, a consumer can write and re-write up to 8.5 GB of information or up to 4 hours of DVD quality time-shifting recording onto a single 12 cm disc.
"8.5 GB Double layer DVD recording is quite popular amongst PC users and is now standard on any new DVD writer," said Frank Simonis, executive of the DVD+RW Alliance Product Promotions Group and Strategic Marketing Director for Philips Optical Storage.
"Rewritable double layer DVD+RW DL will give consumers the extra recording time for consumer video recording and especially the 8cm discs for DVD camcorders."
According to Japanese-language site PCWatch, the Alliance approved version 1.0 of the DVD+RW DL specification late last week. However, no announcement appears to have been made by the Alliance. The write speed is 2.4x, the report claims.