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Industry organization Blu-ray Disc Association on April 3 announced two new specification discs Blu-ray, BDXL and IH-BD. The final version of the relevant documents will be available within a few months.

The first specification allows you to produce discs with a capacity of 100 and 128 GB write-once and rewritable discs with a capacity of 100 gigabytes. This capacity is achieved by the location on the drive three or four layers. BDXL should find application in the corporate market, but the representatives of the Association of promise and consumer version.

The second format involves the creation of a dual-layer disc, with one layer is writable, the other not. This is to protect sensitive information on the disk and at the same time keep it user data. Both formats are designed for specific market segments. To play a CD recording BDXL and IH-BD need new drives. In association specify that the new specifications - just an extension of existing ones. This drives the next generation will not lose compatibility with conventional Blu-ray Discs with a capacity of 25 and 50 gigabytes.