TDK Prepares for Mass Production of Blu-ray Discs

TDK has commenced shipments of mass-production samples of 25GB and 50GB BD-R/BD-RE Blu-ray discs, which make use of TDK's originally developed hard coating technology DURABIS 2. The hard coating achieves a recording surface with extremely high resistance to scratches and dirt (particularly fingerprint smudges), thus enabling anxiety-free use of a cartridge-less disc. TDK is confident that the BD-R and BD-RE, freed from the confines of a cartridge, will offer their large capacities with greater facility, thus greatly expanding the potential of optical recording. Mass production at TDK's Chikumagawa Techno Factory, which specializes in optical discs, will commence upon issue of licensing for the bare disc.