Tag: dvd

Apple, a longtime supporter of the DVD-R format, said today that it is adding support for DVD+R and DVD+RW into Panther, the new version of Mac OS X that ships next week. “Apple is only adding support for backing up data and has not yet added support for the format into its media applications, such as iDVD and iTunes,” reports CNET News.com.

At this week’s Ceatec Japan 2003 exhibition, three companies — Pioneer, Philips and Mitsubishi — are demonstrating dual-layer versions of both DVD-R and DVD+R discs that can hold up to 8.5GB of data, almost double the capacity of today’s standard 4.7GB blank DVD discs, reports InfoWorld.