Hitatchi improve BluRay Capacity - 100Gb

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Engadget said:
Sure, it's just a prototype for now, but we can't help but feel a bit smitten with any drive capable of playing 100GB of data off a single 4-layer optical disc. The BD camp was also touting 200GB, 8-layer discs as they have since 2004 (at least) while showing off the components that will usher in 8x performance (double-that of existing commercial gear) in a more realistic timeframe. When that might be exactly, no one's willing to say.
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The main market for disk such as this [IMHo] will not be for movie storage (although LOTR super Extended HiDef on 1 Disk Would Be Beautiful)

but more the realm of user backups , but in the time where 500gb can be bought for £50 is there a need for a $xxxx burner and $xx disks ?

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As impressive as 100Gb disk is, you are spot on with your comment - why spend a considerable amount of money on an optical drive/disks when you can get a massive HDD for a fraction of the cost.

You just wouldn't would you!
 
Industry will use it, I know some peoples who that`d come in usefull for here.

Home use ? meh when the prices hit rock bottom in so many years maybe - when 1tb comes as a standard requirement for Windows 2010 or summit...

Good they`re pushing boundries tho.

EDIT: Good to see u about again Joe :)
 
Give it 2 years and they'll be as affordable as dvds are now. They'll be most useful for backups then.
 
name='Ham' said:
Give it 2 years and they'll be as affordable as dvds are now. They'll be most useful for backups then.
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and give it 2 years u can have a 2tb Sata2 HDD for £50 ... hmm which will be quicker? swapping 100gb BDs or throwin a 2tb in a NAS ir directly and backin up

(btw i have a 300gb i use a sneaker disk for bringin files to family.. pretty robust)
 
Hard drives are a lot less robust that CDs, i'm thinking of archiving stuff like. The backups backup kind of thing.
 
name='Ham' said:
Hard drives are a lot less robust that CDs, i'm thinking of archiving stuff like. The backups backup kind of thing.
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1 scratch on a superdense 100gb optical disk -- ouchie
 
** quality cds too.

I got cds in a folder going back 10 or so years where the metalicy stuff peals off if u touch it.
 
BlueRay is loooking like the best storage format for the future. The protective layer is a lot more robust than HD-DVD's and they have amazing storage capacity. Good for huge games and huge movie compilations in HD :)
 
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