The next generation of double-layer DVD burners will write up to 8.5GB (4 hours of DVD-quality video) onto special DVD+R DL media. Sony will be among the first to bring drives to market.

If you're thinking of buying a DVD burner, wait. Yeah, of course you'd expect us to say that, but check it: the DVD+RW Alliance is delivering the first 8x DVD+R double-layer burner to the World PC ...

The most recent technological development in DVD writers is dual-layer burning. This nifty technology allows you to double the capacity of a DVD, from 4.7GB to 8.5GB, by writing to two different ...

PatchBurn alters OS X’s built-in CD and DVD drivers to make them recognize unsupported single- and double-layer burners. Reattach the eMac’s cables, start it, and then download and install ...

The boys at MacBidouille have done it again. iDVD 5.0.1 already has support for the burning of double-layer optical media -- DVD+R DL discs, letting you burn projects requiring up to 4 hours of ...

The Memorex 16X Dual Format Double-Layer DVD Recorder is a fine product ... It did reveal a few compatibility problems in the lab and can't burn DVD-R media at 16X, but its many strengths more ...

The LaCie 16X d2 DVD+/-RW Double Layer external burner has many of the same strengths ... twice as long as most internal models to rip a DVD to our hard drive. But it compensated with solid ...

Learn More. AOpen Inc. last week announced the upcoming July launch and shipment of its new DL-capable 16X DVD±RW burners. The AOpen DUW1608/ARR writes to DVD+R DL media at 4X. The device will ...

Data storage specialist Iomega on Tuesday said it is shipping a double-layer DVD burner, making it the latest company to announce a higher-capacity DVD product. Iomega said its new DVD writer can ...

DVD-burning enthusiasts have been clamouring for the double-layer DVD ever since they first tried to pack an uncompressed, full-length movie onto a 4.7GB disc. Sony has taken note, and will soon ...

The company is adding two DVD+R Double Layer (DL) DVD drives to its line of Dual RW burners. An internal DRU-700A drive and an external DRX-700UL drive represent the companys move into double ...