Pioneer to produce 50GB Blu-ray disk technique

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A REPORT IN THE Japanese press said that Pioneer will be able to double Blu-ray optical drives to support 50GB optical disks. Nikkei.net reports that Pioneer has made the breakthrough by using an electron rather than a laser beam to etch grooves on disks. The capacity of Blu-ray disks using conventional ultraviolet beams only supports 27GB, the wire said, but Pioneer will supply the technology under licence to other companies to boost that capacity to a massive 50GB. Meanwhile, Philips is expected to release a dual level DVD-9 writer for around $150 in a few weeks time, according to the New Scientist.

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·New rules for writing driver packages have been introduced. Documentation and samples are available in "DriverPackageGuidelines.zip".
·For PnP uninstall will not just remove the driver from the devices but install the next best available driver. (also applies to DIFXAPP)

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#1 ElectronicRealm on 02 Apr 2004 - 11:05

mmm 50gb of portable porn... i mean yes... that could be handy

(you aint seen me, right!?!)

ElectronicRealm

(4 replies) #2 SirEvan on 02 Apr 2004 - 11:36

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REPORT IN THE Japanese press said that Pioneer will be able to double Blu-ray optical drives to support 50GB optical disks

well holy moley and call me a dingleberry... I never knew Optical drives used.....wait for it........Optical Media? Who would've guessed... I always thought Optical drives used....what....magnetic media? I thought if i stuck a floppy in my dvd burner, i could fit 4.7GB of data on it too.... guess not since it's not an optical drive

#2.1 MuD on 02 Apr 2004 - 11:40

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REPORT IN THE Japanese press said that Pioneer will be able to double Blu-ray optical drives to support 50GB optical disks

well holy moley and call me a dingleberry... I never knew Optical drives used.....wait for it........Optical Media? Who would've guessed... I always thought Optical drives used....what....magnetic media? I thought if i stuck a floppy in my dvd burner, i could fit 4.7GB of data on it too.... guess not since it's not an optical drive

Sigh. Funny, very funny. NOT!

#2.2 TranceSphere on 02 Apr 2004 - 12:55

#2.3 Tager on 02 Apr 2004 - 15:10

dingleberry
hey, he did say to call him a dingleberry

at least now, if we can burn that much data, it will be easier to backup the ever increasing size of hard drive space

#2.4 JustaPinoy on 03 Apr 2004 - 08:56

Right.. That's just as funny as the thought of using CDs on CD-ROM drives.. Wait. That's not funny at all.

#3 mrk on 02 Apr 2004 - 14:13

hmm, /me imagines blue ray digicams *wets self*

even an 8cm blueray would be ideal for a digicam, 25GB of space!

#4 Matt500 on 02 Apr 2004 - 14:16

should be the right size to fit windows longhorn on when its ready

#5 figgy on 02 Apr 2004 - 15:04

The $150 DVD-9 drive is the big news here.
I expected the drives to be lot more expensive in its first few generations.

(1 reply) #6 robpears on 02 Apr 2004 - 15:38

Blu-Ray is the way forward it will kick DVD's asses and its Backwards compatible so no need to buy a whole new collection of Blu-ray movies!!!!!!!!!!! GO BLU-RAY!!!!!!!!!!!

#6.1 tntomek on 02 Apr 2004 - 18:16

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No way..all you need to back up movies/games is the dual layer burner ... all of a sudden movie rentals will go way up for obvious reasons.

Now the noobs will really drive the prices of dvd media/burners down. Good times ahead.