A dual-layer DVD can store up to 8GB of data, which translates to about 4 hours of DVD-quality video. This is nearly double the capacity of a standard single-layer DVD.

Dual-layer DVD-R products are slated to come out sometime next year, said Andy Parsons, senior vice president in the business solutions division of Pioneer Electronics USA.

March 19 -- Sony Electronics is looking to heat up the DVD recording arena. The company is adding two DVD+R Double Layer (DL) DVD drives to its line of Dual RW burners. An internal DRU-700A drive ...

Sony Electronics unveiled on Wednesday two DVD recordable drives based on double-layer technology. The internal DRU-700A and external DRX-700UL drives will offer almost double the storage capacity ...

New dual-layer ROM disc seen as a bridge for the transition from DVD to HD DVD TOKYO — Memory-Tech Corporation and Toshiba Corporation today announced that they have jointly developed a dual-layer ROM ...

The HP DVD Writer dvd530i was originally slated to ship in June, but at that time the unit was only compatible with about 40 percent of the DVD players on the market. “Compatibility is the most ...

Namco announced today that Xenosaga, the upcoming PlayStation 2 RPG developed by Monolith Soft, will be the first PS2 game to ship on a single dual-layer DVD-ROM. The game was originally slated to ...

Demonstrated by Philips, the dual layer technology will allow you to record DVD quality video of up to four hours (16 hours in long play mode) on a single disc. PC DVD+R disc users will be able to ...

Double-layer discs hold 8.5GB, and are thus called DVD-9s. (Why do I suspect someone in PR came up with those names?) The vast majority of stamped DVDs–those you buy with movies and TV shows ...

The first dual-layer DVD+R recording media are set to go on sale in Japan at the end of this month and overseas in June, disc maker Mitsubishi Kagaku Media Co. Ltd. said Friday. The discs were ...