SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES, a forerunner in innovative production solutions for optical media manufacturing, has developed the STREAMLINE II DVDR DL as one of the worlds first ‘reverse stack’ DVD dual layer recordable (DVDR9) fully inline production systems including a basic production process for 2.4 x media.
Plasmon Data Systems, working with Ciba Specialty Chemicals, are currently finalising the development of a cost effective, fully compatible reverse stack multi speed DVDR9 media production process.
“After researching thoroughly the capability and availability of production equipment for the reverse stack process, we concluded that the SINGULUS line was ideal for our development needs� says Robert Longman, Technical Director at Plasmon. “The installation of this production system, along with the technical input from SINGULUS, will greatly accelerate Ciba and Plasmon DVDR9 reverse stack development, and will enable us to bring a working solution to the market in a very short period of time. We are very pleased about this prospect�.
Reinhard Schulz, Head of Marketing Optical Information Storage at Ciba, echoes these sentiments. “We are excited about the installation of a complete inline manufacturing system of SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES for ‘reverse stack’ dual layer media at Plasmon. This is certain to benefit our process development and technical customer support, and will enable both Ciba and SINGULUS to bring the ‘reverse stack’ DVDR9 process for 2.4x and 8x to market faster and more effectively.�
DVDR9 with 8.5 GB capacity is an ideal format for recording and archiving video and TV-content for which the capacity of a 4.7 GB single layer DVD recordable isn’t sufficient. At present, the market penetration of DVDR9 is still slow because of the relatively high price of today’s media. One of the reasons for this cost is the inherently expensive ‘2P’ manufacturing process. The new simplified ‘reverse stack’ production method is designed to improve manufacturing yield and cost, which should trigger greater production volumes, and increase the acceptance of dual layer DVDR as a media of choice.