Storage and media vendor Verbatim has announced the industry’s first 6× Blu-ray recordable media, the 25 GB Verbatim/MKM BD-R LTH Type media. One of the principle differences between standard BD-R media and BD-R LTH (low-to-high in-groove recording) is the way the recording layer is applied: traditional BD-R media essentially sprays it on like paint, where LTH media is applies using the same dye-spin processed used to apply recording layers in CD-R and DVD-R media. The upshot is that Verbatim can leverage its CD-R and DVD-R production lines for BD-R LTH media with comparatively little effort.
