When in Japan, buy all the cool stuff that takes forever to reach these shores. Mitsubishi just announced that they'll be selling HD DVD-R discs in Japan starting on July 5. Two versions will be released, a 15GB version (model number VR15T1) and a 30GB version (VR150T1). HD DVD-RW discs aren't part of this disc announcement jubilee.

Not taking sides in the next generation DVD war, Mitsubishi will also be releasing Blu-ray writable and rewritable discs, also on July 5. These are single-sided, single-layer BD-R and BD-RE discs and can hold up 25GB of data. Mitsubishi expects to start selling dual-layer discs this fall. – Nicholas Deleon

Press Release (in Japanese) [Mitsubishi via Akihabara News]

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