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Industry Agrees On Next Gen Unified DVD Standard

Posted by Hemos on from the making-it-all-agree dept.

scsirob writes "According to this press release the DVD recording industry will end the DVD-RW/DVD+RW/DVD-RAM mess and standardise on a new technology called 'Blue Ray'. Blue lasers are used to record up to 27 GB on each side of the DVD. This initiative is backed by all major players in the industry. The article contains many technical details." Several other people noted that the BBC has coverage as well. Yah for non-company specific industry standards.

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  1. Aaarrghhh.. by fegu · · Score: 2, Funny

    And I just bought a DVD+RW drive yesterday.

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  2. 27GB on each side? by testuser58 · · Score: 2, Funny
    How do you think this will affect DVD movies? Will we see:
    1. More bonus video footage
    2. More lame Flash games (see Shrek DVD-ROM extras) that are cross-platform compatible but claim they're not, or...
    3. A full copy of Windows XP DVD Edition to run our DVD players, download the latest movie trailers and transmit our viewing habits back to MS (I watched Snatch 5 times on Monday... wonder how they'd interpret that).
    1. Re:27GB on each side? by onion2k · · Score: 5, Funny

      I watched Snatch 5 times on Monday... wonder how they'd interpret that

      They'd think you've got took much spare time.

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  3. X-Ray Disk by Aceticon · · Score: 3, Funny

    Why didn't they just jumped over a couple of generations to the X-Ray Disk?

    Possible advantages are:
    - Unbelievable data storage capacity (X-Rays wavelength is around 1/10000 of the one for blue light - this means 10000 times more data or 200TB per side).
    - X-Ray Disk is a cooler sounding name.
    - X-Ray Disk players would be almost impossible to steal (they would weight a ton, most of it being the lead anti-radiation protection)

  4. Re:This is positive news ... by Eccles · · Score: 3, Funny

    I really don't have any problem with fingerprints or scratches (we've had CDs for how long? You'd think people would learn to pick them up by the edges...)

    I think we can say with near certainty that you don't have kids.

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  5. Re:Am I the only one not impressed? by usurper_ii · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yes, but people will pay for a CD FULL of MP3s. I know, I sell them all the time .

    That was a joke...
    usurper_ii
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  6. Blu-Ray by NitsujTPU · · Score: 3, Funny

    Bluray? Darnit! I got a DVD player because I wanted more clarity!

    /pun