TDK & Primera produce world's 1st inkjet printable Blu-ray disc
Posted by Seán Byrne on 26 April 2006 - 00:36 - Source: LetsGoDigital
Blu-ray disc manufacturer TDK has partnered with the disc publishing solutions manufacturer Primera Technology to optimise and introduce the world's first inkjet printable BD-R Blu-ray disc media. Like Inkjet printable CD and DVD recordable media, this media is designed to be compatible with existing CD/DVD inkjet printers and like TDK's own branded media, to protect against scratches, fingerprints and other surface contamination, the disc is protected by TDK's advanced DURABIS 2 hard coating technology.
TDK and Primera expect to offer single-layer BD-R 25GB Inkjet Printable Blu-ray discs in the third quarter of 2006, along with a dual-layer BD-R 50GB version around this time also. The Inkjet printable media will be fully compatible with all Blu-ray drives, players and recorders. The Inkjet printable coating covers the entire upper surface area and is designed to be extremely bright and handle high-resolution colour printing as well as resist warping. So far, no pricing has been announced for either media size.
Buffalo to produce Blu-ray burners
Posted by Dan Bell on 26 April 2006 - 14:12 - Source: Akihabara News
http://www.cdfreaks.com/news/13341 D4rk0n3 used our news submit to tell us this tidbit of information coming from Akihabara news. It appears that Buffalo has a Panasonic based Blu-ray burner in the works.
Just like Logitec and a bunch of other manufacturers, Buffalo has presented a Panasonic-based Blu-ray burner in Japan. It will be available in black and white, they will have an internal and external version and it will retail for 740 EUR.
Panasonic LF-MB121JD, first Blu-ray DVD burner is available
Posted by Dan Bell on 26 April 2006 - 14:20 - Source: Akihabara News
D4rk0n3 used our news submit to tell us some more news coming from the Akihabara site this morning. Apparently, they went on a field trip to the Panasonic building and while they were there, they spotted some Blu-ray hardware.
We have just discovered the LF-MB121JD in the Panasonic building, the first Blu-ray burner that reads and writes BD-R and BD-RE and reads BR-ROM too. Blank discs are available in 25 and 50 (Dual Layer) formats. The writing speed is set at 2x (72Mbps). Panasonic seems to have chosen sides in the format war, and according to Kazuhiro Tsuga, Panasonic supports Blu-ray and they say that this is the only technology that will give consumers a true HD experience.
