Sonopress LLC today announced that it has installed manufacturing and media replication equipment for the new DVD 14 and 18 format media. Installed in the spring, the new line is capable of replicating up to 10,000 large-format DVDs each day.

The new, larger DVD 14 and 18 formats provide more storage capacity, allowing publishers to add multiple aspect ratios and other supplementary content on each disc. At 14GB and 18GB, respectively, DVD 14 and 18 offer between 40 and 80-percent more capacity than DVD 9, which is currently the most common format used in DVD video situations.