Panasonic: the first Blu-ray discs with the ability to record at a speed of 144 Mbit / s

The Japanese company Matsushita Electric Industrial, whose products are better known under the Panasonic trademark, officially unveiled its new development: 25-GB and 50-gigabyte Write-Once Blu-Ray Disc (BD-R) with support for four times the write speed.





The 4x write speed index in this case corresponds to the transfer of 144 Mbps of information per second. The idea is that in one minute more than 1 GB of data can be written to the BD-R. According to the company, in all new media, the technology will be used with a change in phase.



Panasonic introduced two versions of the BD-R 4x. This LM-BR25LD is a single-layer disk with a capacity of 25 GB and a dual-layer LM-BR50LD with a capacity of 50 GB. According to unofficial data, the price of new products will be $ 10 and $ 30, respectively. The exact time of the release of disks on the market is not yet known. True, according to some reports, in Japan BD-R 4x should appear at the end of July (LM-BR25LD) and at the end of September (LM-BR50LD). The release of the first, 25-gigabyte disk, should coincide with the advent of the Panasonic 4-speed Blu-ray player on the market.



via Digital Trends