February, 2005－TDK is among the first recording media manufacturers to get its 16x DVD+R and 16x DVD-R on the shelves. Recording at full speed, it is possible to record 4.7GB, approximately the equivalent of two hours of home-video footage, in under six minutes, with no compromise on data quality.
Recording at high-speeds puts extreme pressure on recording media discs. 16x discs spin at approximately 9600 rotations per minute and unless kept stable there is a risk that data integrity will be compromised as the DVD ‘jitters’. To ensure that even at top speeds data, images, films and music can be recorded at a consistently high-quality, TDK has developed a unique Cyanine dye coating for its 16x DVD discs. This dye ensures that TDK 16x media offers the highest precision and reliability at any speed as the laser-etched marks (pits) are precisely mapped on the disc surface.
Toshikazu Yahata, product planning manager at TDK explains: “TDK prides itself in driving standards in DVD. In 2003, our scientists realized that conventional dyes would have difficulty in supporting high quality recordings at both high and lower speeds. Nearly two-years in the making, TDK has developed the Cyanine dye that maintains accuracy at different speeds so we can continue to offer the highest quality recording media, with the maximum backward compatibility, that will playback in virtually any DVD player.”
TDK has started shipping 16x DVD+R and 16x DVD-R media in February 2005.
