Stunning video, pristine audio - and the luxurious feel of leather. Now that's multimedia! To celebrate domestic sales of over 500 million DVD media disks, Hitachi Maxell is set to release DVD-R/-RW media whose label side is coated with a leather-like material. (A blank stripe running through the faux cowhide provides space to write disk information.) A box of 10 disks (in five colors) will run JPY1200 from October 25.
More info (Japanese):
http://www.maxell.co.jp/jpn/news/2008/news080918.html