Original URL: http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/01/08/tdk_mini_bd/
CES 2007 TDK today demo'd what it's calling 'Mini Blu-ray Discs' - single-layer recordable and re-writeable discs that are 8cm in diameter and capable of holding 16.5GB of data. The company also launched inkjet-printable standard-size BD-R media.
The smaller discs are prototypes - they have yet to be approved by the Blu-ray Disc Alliance, the next-generation optical disc format's governing body - designed to show the kind of product TDK has in mind for Blu-ray camcorders, the firm said.
TDK also showed off its prototype 200GB, a product it's been boasting about since April 2006, when it first announced it was working on such a disc (http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/04/12/tdk_preps_200gb_bd/). Less than a month later it said it had actually produced one (http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/04/28/tdk_200gb_blu-ray_disc/).
Meanwhile, the printable 50GB recordable discs are due to ship in Q2 and should work with thermal and inkjet printers already capable of fixing images to 12cm discs. ®
Read our complete CES 2007 coverage at Reg Hardware (http://www.reghardware.co.uk)
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