1. Hard to say.
2. You mean the availability of double-sided blank media? Those already exist, but they never caught on so they're super-rare. Double-sided dual-layer I've never seen, though.
3. Who knows. First the industry needs to decide on whether they'll merge and form one format, or not, or whether the drives will support just one format or the other, or both, etc.
4. My guess -- and it's nothing more than that -- is that they'll cost no more than double a normal DVD-R drive once they're being made in volume.
5. Any answer you get at this point is a complete stab in the dark. The formats aren't even finalized, much less in mass production.
Overall, you're just gonna have to wait.
tooki
2. You mean the availability of double-sided blank media? Those already exist, but they never caught on so they're super-rare. Double-sided dual-layer I've never seen, though.
3. Who knows. First the industry needs to decide on whether they'll merge and form one format, or not, or whether the drives will support just one format or the other, or both, etc.
4. My guess -- and it's nothing more than that -- is that they'll cost no more than double a normal DVD-R drive once they're being made in volume.
5. Any answer you get at this point is a complete stab in the dark. The formats aren't even finalized, much less in mass production.
Overall, you're just gonna have to wait.
tooki