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Thread ID: 107358 2010-02-13 08:22:00 Blu-Ray to be superseded...? radium (8645) PC World Chat
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858032 2010-02-13 08:22:00 Wow, Just when Blu-Ray with all it's data capacity has started to go mainstream, there is a new, better format waiting in the wings...

HVD (Holographic Versatile Disc)

en.wikipedia.org

check out the storage capacity of this mama!!!! :clap:clap
radium (8645)
858033 2010-02-13 08:31:00 Who needs it? It has been calculated that all the worthwhile moments of Television can be recorded on a single 3.5" floppy disc, and still leave 1.38 MB for advertising. The highlights of politics for the human race for the last 6000 years could be added without measurable change in the figures. R2x1 (4628)
858034 2010-02-13 08:35:00 Oh wow! Optical discs with capacities from 0.5 to 6TB!

But look at the projected delivery date... 2019. Don't hold your breath waiting for them to arrive.
On the other hand, use those 9 to 10 years to save the US$15,000 for the drives!
Paul.Cov (425)
858035 2010-02-13 08:37:00 By the time they come out in 2019
Flash drives will probably be an Exabyte
and cost about the same as a packet of biscuits.:D
KarameaDave (15222)
858036 2010-02-13 08:40:00 Thats if you dont burn the house down, burning something to one of the blank disks. You'll have to encase it in lead :p Speedy Gonzales (78)
858037 2010-02-13 08:41:00 Lets hope DVD is the end of the road for distributing media on a spinning silver disc.

Blu-Ray has been a dismal failure, It will barely rate a mention apart from being another in a long long line of media systems that were not wanted nor supported by the consumer.
Metla (12)
858038 2010-02-13 10:54:00 Agree with metla. How about coming up with a storage system that isn't so easily damaged by a small scratch or something. CYaBro (73)
858039 2010-02-13 11:12:00 I think I heard about a Hologram storage medium from these guys (http://www.inphase-technologies.com/) even before Blu-Ray came to market... Agent_24 (57)
858040 2010-02-13 19:36:00 So, the Blue Ray is scratched for it's scratchability?

Have those Rovers on Mars found a fighting suit with a counter-ray yet?
R2x1 (4628)
858041 2010-02-13 20:23:00 By the time I get around to upgrading from DVD, Everyone will probably be using HVD anyway :p Agent_24 (57)
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