TDK Reveals Blu-ray Media Rated at 6X Write Speeds

With the bulk of Blu-ray writers launching at 2x write speeds, a higher speed media seems a little premature. However, TDK brought Blu-ray media rated at 6x to the 8th Annual Data Storage Expo in Japan and expects to launch media rated at 4x before the end of 2006. The 6x media is a single layer 25GB Blu-ray disc which probably won’t reap benefits until 6x drives come out. We are guessing we won’t see 6x drives until at least later this year or early 2007 given the launch trends of previous optical standards.

Whoever here has a Blu-Ray recorder, raise your hand. Seriously, it seems like we are really getting ahead of ourselves. At least with this type of production, things will be well underway when prices come down.