Original URL: http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/04/17/dvd_pplus_rw_double_layer_approved/
The DVD+RW Alliance, the organisation 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 sports a capacity of 8.5GB.
According to Japanese-language site PCWatch, the Alliance approved version 1.0 of the DVD+RW DL specification late last week. As yet, however, no announcement appears to have been made by the Alliance itself.
The write speed is 2.4x, the report claims (http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2006/0414/dvdrwdl.htm). ®
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/03/11/dvd_plus_rw_8x/
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