By Kim Yoo-chul
Staff Reporter
LG Electronics has unveiled two kinds of Blu-ray discs ― Blu-ray disc rewritable (BD-RE) and Blu-ray disc recordable (BD-R).
The discs have a storage capacity of 25 gigabytes, making it possible to store a full high-definition movie or even save contents compatible with six DVDs, according to the company.
The discs are protected with a special hard coat technology layer to shield the recording surface from scratches, dust and fingerprints, which sometimes cause playback errors.
The write-once single sided BD-R model and the rewritable version will sell for 13,000 won and 20,000 won, respectively.
``With this latest addition of recordable Blu-ray media, our category expertise allows us to help our customers navigate the full line-ups from PCs to drives, guaranteeing they have the right products at retail stores,’’ an official from LG’s Recording Media & Chemitronics said.
``We will sell the products in Europe including Germany and France, the United States, Australia and Japan starting Dec. 20,’’ the official said.
A month ago, the Blu-ray Disc Association said that high-definition movie DVDs in Blu-ray format have outsold the rival HD DVD standard in Europe this year, selling more than one million and taking up nearly 75 percent of all high-definition movie discs.
The association also said Blu-ray owned 97 percent of the high definition recorder market in Japan led by Sony, Matsushita and Toshiba, while the remaining 3 percent went to HD DVD recorders.