hmmmm i hope one side would buy out this technology and just take over the war..if both got ahold of it..dammit

The largest Blu-ray disk is 200gig right now, with 8 layers.

see what happens I guess.

I still prefer a crystal reader/writer, 1 crystal 1000TB or more data space.

wow a secure high compacity format nintendo can buy and use for the next gen hidef version of wii

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The largest Blu-ray disk is 200gig right now, with 8 layers.

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- No you can have 25gb single layer Blu-ray discs or 50gb dual layer Blu-ray discs, that's the choice and the "largest" available right now or in any credible future.

200gb is only found in a lab.

Just like the 4 layer 100gb disc is stuck in the lab.

They are having enough difficulties in manufacturing sufficient yields of reliable dual layer 50gb Blu-ray discs nevermind these silly flights of imagination for 'more' at some undisclosed point in the future......

......and that's 'more' as in it will require brand new hardware and won't just play on any existing Blu-ray player.

In other-words it might as well be a brand new format for all the relevance it has to any part of Blu-ray (whether it be owners, manufacturers, studios etc etc) today.

As interesting as these 600gb, 800gb, 1tb & 5tb estimates are there is a world of difference between a purpose designed video media
(which is what HD DVD and regular SD DVD are)
and a bulk data storage media
(which is what Blu-ray was primarily designed to be & what it appears these super-capacity discs are).

It may well be that they are great for backing up vast amounts of data but wholly unsuitable for real-time video playback.

we get it hughjars, blu-ray sux and not even this new format could potentially ever hope to compete with the almighty HD DVD

Companies are claiming various types of media with HUGE data storage, just like above.
I remember reading about a year ago about some type of Holligram chip that could possible store a ton of data...

Whatever the case be, the consumer cannot just change that fast. Even if the technology is there and is better. I don't think consumers are going to want to change media types on a yearly basis because things are rolling out too fast. There must be a standard made and kept for some time.

As in above...3 years will be too late...many will have adopted to a newer format and not going to run out and re-purchase - and replace their archived info because of larger media. Only when required.

Too many options can wreak havoc.

I'd hate to drop that fragile disc and lose 1 tb of porn.

How fast can it load???

Its stupid having a disc with that much space, its stupid having a disc with 60gigs on it, navigating through a mass amount of txt files on a DVD takes ages, imagine a TB! and how many extras do you need on a dvd movie theyre always crap anyway.

An ultra fast memory stick with a few TB on it and a HD player that can use it would be the shizniz, nothing beats drag and drop

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we get it hughjars, blu-ray sux and not even this new format could potentially ever hope to compete with the almighty HD DVD

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we get it edited by ddp, your an edited by ddp because blu-ray does not suck. blu-ray invented the "blue laser" technology and then the edited by ddphd dvd come along and steals its glory....and brainwashes people telling them hd dvd's are better edited by ddp microfoft....if blu-ray looses sony's gonna be pissed...first betamax...then umd...and now blu-ray has almost good enough competition

Just think if they put raw, uncompressed MPEG-2 on there for an uber HD movie. Think of all the layer transitions you will have to sit through. =) WOW! Just a thought.

"A Jerusalem-based company wants to solve your craving.."

Stopped reading right about there.

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Originally posted by pisho: we get it hughjars, blu-ray sux and not even this new format could potentially ever hope to compete with the almighty HD DVD


we get it PISS HOE, your an idiot because blu-ray does not suck...

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I hope you know i was being sarcastic camaro17

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and replace their archived info because of larger media. Only when required.

Too many options can wreak havoc.

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Well spoken. It wasn't that long ago that I moved my mp3 collection from CD to DVD. It was a shorter time ago that I moved it from DVD to external HDD's due to the sudden drop in prices.

camaro, 2 week ban for that.

everybody else, NO more flames as next ban will be a permanent 1.

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I wish they would all focus on that rather than optical media.
Just think how slow it would be to do anything with these. I would love for technology to catch up enough to see optical disks go.

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Originally posted by xtago:

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The largest Blu-ray disk is 200gig right now, with 8 layers.

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- No you can have 25gb single layer Blu-ray discs or 50gb dual layer Blu-ray discs, that's the choice and the "largest" available right now or in any credible future.

200gb is only found in a lab.

Just like the 4 layer 100gb disc is stuck in the lab.

They are having enough difficulties in manufacturing sufficient yields of reliable dual layer 50gb Blu-ray discs nevermind these silly flights of imagination for 'more' at some undisclosed point in the future......

......and that's 'more' as in it will require brand new hardware and won't just play on any existing Blu-ray player.

In other-words it might as well be a brand new format for all the relevance it has to any part of Blu-ray (whether it be owners, manufacturers, studios etc etc) today.

As interesting as these 600gb, 800gb, 1tb & 5tb estimates are there is a world of difference between a purpose designed video media
(which is what HD DVD and regular SD DVD are)
and a bulk data storage media
(which is what Blu-ray was primarily designed to be & what it appears these super-capacity discs are).

It may well be that they are great for backing up vast amounts of data but wholly unsuitable for real-time video playback.

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Be fair now the HDVD higher capacities are stuck in the lab as well :P

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Be fair now the HDVD higher capacities are stuck in the lab as well :P

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Its true, isn't the largest stable HD DVD a Triple-Layer 51GB?

Peace

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Be fair now the HDVD higher capacities are stuck in the lab as well :P

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Its true, isn't the largest stable HD DVD a Triple-Layer 51GB?

Peace

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Yes and it might require a frimewre overhaul for the first and 2nd gen players, altho for now size is not the issue its price.

BR is to costly and BD live is draconian with the potential of the "community" to undermine it by flooding it with keys.

If BR can some how knock 40% off players and blanks they win, until then its a slow fight that is looking to be replaced in a few years 0-o

I wont buy in until the waters are safe, at 100 or 2 I will get my feet wet.

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I wont buy in until the waters are safe, at 100 or 2 I will get my feet wet.

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I hear that! When I know that my investment will last at least as long as my investment into DVD technology did, then I'll jump from the StandardDef boat.

In retrospect, I remember all those commercials for DVD that boasted how much clearer the picture was over VHS... I already require glasses, too much clearer and I'll need a set of HD eyes. Maybe the Nikon Implants that William Gibson repeatedly mentions might do the trick...

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Originally posted by ZIppyDSM:

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I wont buy in until the waters are safe, at 100 or 2 I will get my feet wet.

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I hear that! When I know that my investment will last at least as long as my investment into DVD technology did, then I'll jump from the StandardDef boat.

In retrospect, I remember all those commercials for DVD that boasted how much clearer the picture was over VHS... I already require glasses, too much clearer and I'll need a set of HD eyes. Maybe the Nikon Implants that William Gibson repeatedly mention might do the trick...

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LOL
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All these new technologies sound impressive, but most of them are years away or still in a very experimental phase and may never see the light of day. Of course, it's good that the research is being done but I wonder how far we'll be 5 years from now and how many of these projects will see the day of light in a commercial way.

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Be fair now the HDVD higher capacities are stuck in the lab as well :P

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- No, they're not Zippy.

The 51gb triple layer discs have been formally submitted to the DVD Forum for approval which is nothing like the same.

They exist, they work and they are under final review for 'regular' production by the industry's regulatory body, the DVD Forum.

That's a world away from being stuck in the lab......that is, in fact being a few months away from going to market.
I was told by amirm on avs to expect news of this by the end of the year.

(and whilst Amirm is - quite openly - a 'Microsoft guy' and may have been sometimes a little 'off' on his claims about Blu-ray he has never once been found to have lied or outrageously twisted HD DVD info.)

I wish for non-fading ink and a stable disk structure that can last atleast 100 years.
The trouble with layers in disks is that the deeper the layers the more likelyhood of errors and losing data over time because of scratches,warping or chemical decomposition in the disk structure or ink.
I like the sound of twin lasers though.That would really help in tracking the data in 3D space rather than in 2D as current players do.

cant i have a copy of your dvd collection m8 ? sure have you got a disk lmao this size thing is getting crazy

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Just think if they put raw, uncompressed MPEG-2 on there for an uber HD movie. Think of all the layer transitions you will have to sit through. =) WOW! Just a thought.

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it would be sweet, think of all the "videophiles" calling crappy the compressed video,just like they do now with the mp3...lol
unfortunately the data rate is as slow as for a DVD, so this isn't possible with these disks.
And yes, you will have to leave the recorder "burning" the disk overnight for a full disk.
for more: http://www.tfot.info/news/41/follow-up-m...-questions.html
and http://www.tfot.info/articles/56/mempile-terabyte-on-a-cd.html

This is insane to get this kinda storage i would love this. this would be great if you are running servers and want to back up your servers data.