Verbatim announced today that it will begin shipping DataLifePlus® 4.7GB rewritable DVD discs for DVD-RW drives from Pioneer and other manufacturers. Similar in functionality to Verbatim DVD-R media, the new re-recordable DVD-RW media allows users to edit and incrementally update data on the discs.

Fully compliant with the DVD Forum's specifications for the DVD-RW format, Verbatim's 4.7GB DVD-RW discs incorporate Super-Eutectic phase-change recording layer technology, a breakthrough technology developed for its 10x CD-RW media. The Super-Eutectic recording layer enhances the media's read/write performance and longevity, ensuring that repeated recording and playback will not cause any deterioration in picture or sound quality. Incorporating advanced CLV (constant linear velocity) recording techniques, data can be quickly streamed to the media and immediately played back for review or use. A single 4.7GB DVD-RW disc can store 4,700 full-color photos, 2 hours of theater-quality video, 14+ hours of MP3-compressed audio files or more than 400,000 documents.

Verbatim's DVD-RW discs have a data life of more than 50 years and information can be accessed millions of times without read/write deterioration. When the data stored on the disc is no longer useful or needs to be updated, users can overwrite the disc up to 1,000 times.

Available from authorized resellers and the Verbatim Web site, the MSRP for DataLifePlus DVD-RW media is $30.00 for single-sided 4.7GB discs. Verbatim backs the quality of its complete line of DataLifePlus DVD media with a lifetime warranty