The existing optical disks blu-ray make can store on two layers disk up to 50 Gb of information, but the presented recently specifications BDXL allows to create the three-layered and four-layer disks, which increase volume up to 100 Gb and 128 Gb respectively.
On this week, sharp company declared about the intentions to begin sales of three-layered disks BD- R with 100 Gb volume. On sale the disk of this type will enter on 30 July present year.
Let us recall that to work with BDXL disks will be able only new generation devices. The new generation optical drives , which support BDXL, will assure reverse compatibility with two- and single-layer disk blu-ray.