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Philips Blue Laser Itty Bitty Disc Drive

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the little-is-better dept.

Acid-F1ux writes "Over at news.com they are running a story about how Philips is demonstrating a prototype miniature disc drive that uses a coin-size disc capable of storing nearly twice as much data as a standard-sized CD. "

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  1. So I guess a cd sized one would hold 16 gig? by Microsift · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Assuming there's a direct relationship between surface area and memory capacity. so this is nit even a two-fold improvement over DVD (I think a dual layered DVD holds about 9.4G of data).

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  2. I've seen this before ... by jkujawa · · Score: 2, Redundant

    "This little sucker is going to replace CDs. Looks like I'm going to have to buy the White Album again." (Men in Black)

  3. Oh great by Arcturax · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I lose enough change down the couch and car seats, now I have to dig for my CD's too.

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  4. Follow the little links, for 25gb on 5'' by oliverthered · · Score: 1, Redundant

    There's an interesting link at the bottom of the story with infor on "Blu-ray Disc it's exactly what you talking about.

    25gb - (copy protection * encripton )= 650MB.

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