wessman
May 3rd, 2003, 07:03 AM
High Density CDs
from the totally-incompatible dept.
posted by michael on Thursday May 01, @11:04 (storage)
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/01/1413215
goofrider writes "Sanyo introduced a new format called [1]HD-Burn, [2]supported by their new DVD+/-RW chip. It allows the drive to burn up 1.4GB of data using a regular 700MB blank CD-R blank. The resulting HD-Burned CD-R can only be read by supporting DVD/DVD-ROM drives and CD-ROM drives. Most DVD/DVD-ROM drives can support the format via a firmware upgrade. It's unclear how easy and how likely will it be for future drives to support this format. In contrast, Plextor released their new GigaRec technology in their new [3]PlexWriter Premium (read a [4]review here). GigaRec also records on regular blank CD-Rs, allows up to 1GB of data on a 700MB disc. however, the disc can be read on any modern good-quality CD-ROM drives with no firmware upgrades required. So now I can record 2x the data on a CD-R but I still can't have filenames longer than 64 characters. :)"
Links:
1. http://www.digital-sanyo.com/BURN-Proof/HD-BURN/
2. http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103-997817.html
3. http://www.plextor.com/english/news/press/pr04142003.html
4. http://www.hardwarezone.com/articles/articles.hwz?cid=10&aid=718
from the totally-incompatible dept.
posted by michael on Thursday May 01, @11:04 (storage)
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/01/1413215
goofrider writes "Sanyo introduced a new format called [1]HD-Burn, [2]supported by their new DVD+/-RW chip. It allows the drive to burn up 1.4GB of data using a regular 700MB blank CD-R blank. The resulting HD-Burned CD-R can only be read by supporting DVD/DVD-ROM drives and CD-ROM drives. Most DVD/DVD-ROM drives can support the format via a firmware upgrade. It's unclear how easy and how likely will it be for future drives to support this format. In contrast, Plextor released their new GigaRec technology in their new [3]PlexWriter Premium (read a [4]review here). GigaRec also records on regular blank CD-Rs, allows up to 1GB of data on a 700MB disc. however, the disc can be read on any modern good-quality CD-ROM drives with no firmware upgrades required. So now I can record 2x the data on a CD-R but I still can't have filenames longer than 64 characters. :)"
Links:
1. http://www.digital-sanyo.com/BURN-Proof/HD-BURN/
2. http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103-997817.html
3. http://www.plextor.com/english/news/press/pr04142003.html
4. http://www.hardwarezone.com/articles/articles.hwz?cid=10&aid=718