Sony Electronics has begun to ship its 50GB dual layer Blu-Ray discs to the U.S. while confirming its plans to make these recordable media available to everyone else later this year. Each of these 50GB discs can store over four hours of High Definition quality video and boast a 24Mbps transfer rate that empowers users to take advantage of current Blu-Ray disc burners from Sony and VAIO desktop and notebook PCs. These new discs also come with specially re-engineered AccuCORE technology which encompasses scratch guard, archival reliability that prevents data corruption and deterioration, stable writing, and temperature durability. The Sony 50GB dual layer Blu-Ray discs cost about $50 a piece.
