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Blue-Laser DVD Formats Wars

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the can't-we-all-just-get-along dept.

killmore notes a story running on ZDNet talking about incompatible blue laser formats of Blue-Laser DVDs which can store 36GB of data. The new format is from Toshiba & NEC and boasts backwards compatibility with the current standards for DVDs.

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  1. 36GB of date by stratjakt · · Score: 5, Funny

    Thousands of slashbots stare at each other in bewilderment.

    "What's a date?"

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    1. Re:36GB of date by L.+VeGas · · Score: 5, Funny

      "What's a date?"

      It's kind of like sex, but with another person.

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  2. What a paradox! My mind is spinning! by L.+VeGas · · Score: 5, Funny

    An incompatible format that boasts backwards-compatability.

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  3. Blue laser......mmm.. by DJ+Rubbie · · Score: 5, Funny

    Who cares how much data or what data format it can store! All I want is to remove the top cover of the drive and replace it with plexiglass, mod the computer case so there's also a plexiglass so the pretty blue laser light can actually shine through the case. mmm...

    Of course, this is quite expensive, unless someone can show me a blue laser that I can attach to the computer that will automatically point towards the eyes of whoever snooping over my back....

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  4. Won't this sort of thing defeat the purpose of by Ishin · · Score: 5, Funny

    special edition dvds? How is Peter Jackson supposed to sell two versions of the same movie two times only four months apart if they're both the same number of discs?