Verbatim Expands Blu-ray Media

The company is introducing six new products, letting you record a disc in 23 minutes and hold four hours of HD-quality video on a single disc.

Media maker Verbatim is using CES to debut  six new Blu-ray Disc (BD) products scheduled to begin shipping in thefirst half of 2008. They include 4x BD-R discs, Single-sided Double-layer (DL) 2x BD-R and BD-RE discs, Mini BD-R and BD-RE discs and 1-2x BD-R LTH TYPE discs.   The 25GB 4x BD-R media willallow users to record an entire disc in approximately 23 minutes, and the performance will make the 4x BD-R media suitable not only for recording personal high-definition video.   The 4x BD-R DLmedia, due later in 2008, will have two recording layers on a single side, users can enjoy seamless recording of up to 50GB or about 4 hours of HD-quality video on a single disc without having toflip or change the disc.   There will also be a 7.5GB Mini BD-R/RW discs, set to combine with a BD-compatible camcorder to provide approximately one hour of continuous video capture time on asingle side when high-definition (1920×1080i) is used.