US company Imation has announced that they have completed the Blu-ray and HD DVD disc development, and will start to produce and sell the discs soon. The timing is perfect to the slated disc drives in the middle of 2006. The detailed release date and price is yet to be announced.
HD DVD standard is made up of:
- HD DVD-R 15GB (Single Layer) / 30GB (Double Layer)
- HD DVD-RW 15GB (Single Layer) / 30GB (Double Layer)
Blu-ray Disc standard is made up of:
- BD-R 25GB (Single Layer) / 50GB (Double Layer)
- BD-RE 25GB (Single Layer) / 50GB (Double Layer)
The company is also working on some coating for durability of the discs.