The DRU-800A is Sony's first disc recorder that supports DVD-R dual-layer and DVD+R double-layer recording, both at 4X recording speed. It can also record on write-once DVD+R and DVD-R media at 16X.

The first dual-layer DVD+R recording media are set to go on sale in Japan at the end of this month and overseas in June, disc maker Mitsubishi Kagaku Media Co. Ltd. said Friday. The discs were ...

One side of the ongoing recordable DVD format battle is expected to be first with products that nearly double the amount of data held on one disc. But that victory may not put an end to the feud. The ...

Hewlett-Packard, Philips Electronics and Sony will ship DVD+R drives capable of burning to the new 8.5GB dual-layer DVD+R media in 2004. Maureen Weber, HP’s general manager, optical storage solutions, ...