Mango Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 "A Japanese electronics giant has developed an optical disk with a storage capacity of up to 510 gigabytes - or just more than half a terabyte. With its huge storage capacity, Pioneer's 12cm thick (i think this is a typo) silver platter will store the amount of data that would require 100 typical DVDs today. An ultraviolet laser will be used to write to the disk. In order to attain such storage capacity, scientists had to develop a new laser technology, which emits shorter wavelengths raised than blue lasers, the type used today for the highest-capacity optical disks. The new ultraviolet laser beam allows "data holes," which are used to store data on optical disks, to be separated by only 70 nanometres, about 20 times better than with blue lasers. While such a high storage capacity sounds impressive today, it may leave users still wanting more when they find out that such a disk can only hold about 3.5 hours of high-definition television programming. It is not yet clear when the new high-capacity disks, or the technology necessary to write to them, will be in stores." http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/C66...BBD541D43C3.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insanekiwi Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 neat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inertia Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 wow, i want :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrike Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 thick, as in, diameter. A standard CD/DVD size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allanp Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 How can 510meg only hold 3.5 hours of High Definition video? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninjakarl Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 just imagine how good they could make video-games. they'll probably use them for the next-generation consoles. that'll b cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaSwissDude Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 ...they'll probably use them for the next-generation consoles Not PS3 or Xbox 2, they say they're gonna use HD-Disks for Xbox and Blue Ray for PS3. How can 510meg only hold 3.5 hours of High Definition video? Exactly :huh: Still cool though. I wonder how long it takes to fill one of those :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverity Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 How can 510meg only hold 3.5 hours of High Definition video? 585221405[/snapback] Because HD-video 1920x1080i compressed in MPEG4 takes about 100 mb per minute, MPEG2 even more of that... I have a bunch of moves and music videos recorded from HDTV and they take alot of space :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altezza Veteran Posted January 3, 2005 Veteran Share Posted January 3, 2005 I can put my whole data from hard drives into 1 single disk :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rushnak Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 I've got about 400gb HDD space on my computer, this disk has 510gb. I can also put all my data on one little disk, AWESOME! :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragon2611 Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 I can put my whole data from hard drives into 1 single disk :) 585221494[/snapback] yeah but wouldnt ya just hate to loose that disc :cry: although id love a 500gb optical disc :woot: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1011111 Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 Kewl :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habtro Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 HOLY MOLY! thats a lot of space for a disk!! but then, it'll be incredibly expensive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keldyn Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 moved to BPN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argote Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 whoa thats amazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelsinho Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 I can put my whole data from hard drives into 1 single disk :) 585221494[/snapback] yep same here :o amazing :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZZOOzzoo Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 That's way too big for now, but it will certainly be useful in the future. Can we just cancel all those Blu-ray and HD-DVD and develop this? :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
estranged Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 woah.. its like 16 times the size of my harddrive.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mx Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 Wow, that is very sweet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futb0l Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 ownage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxicfume Veteran Posted January 3, 2005 Veteran Share Posted January 3, 2005 So this already makes blu-ray and hd-dvd obsolete, lets even scrap this idea because in less than 2 months i'm sure we'll have gamma-ray discs with even shorter wavelength. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nocstar Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 wasn't there some disc that was capable of more of this? found the link "Holographic recording technology records data on discs in the form of laser interference fringes, enabling existing discs the same size as today's DVDs to store as much as one terabyte of data (200 times the capacity of a single layer DVD), with a transfer speed of one gigabyte per second (40 times the speed of DVD). This approach is rapidly gaining attention as a high-capacity, high-speed data storage technology for the age of broadband." http://www.optware.co.jp/english/what_040823.htm Plus holographic discs sounds cooler don't you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XP_01 Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 Wouldn't it take hours to copy 510 GB off an DVD-like disk to your HD? They invent stuff like this almost every year, but we almost never get to see it in the stores... :pinch: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmo Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rix Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 Wow :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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