Kenshin used our newssubmit to tell us that he found a press release on the Japanese Mitsubishi Electric website. He has translated it a bit and posted the following message on our forum:
(Kenshin's own summary) - According to AV Watch, Mitsubishi Electric announced the development of 200mW laser for 16x DVD±RW on December 24, sample shipment to start from June 2003 and mass production from 2004. The company has also plans for 140mW laser for 8x DVD±RW to start 1.5 million units of monthly production from April 2003. |
Wow, I can still remember the days when 16X CD-R writing was fast.. The original press release from Mitsubishi can be found here. More information in English can be found via this thread on our forum.
Source: Mitsubishi Electric
