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Movie Playback From 1TB Holographic Disc

Posted by timothy on from the floppies-were-so-awesome dept.

qorkfiend writes "Optware Corp. has announced successful playback of digital movies on a new holographic recording disc with a reflective layer. Known as the Collinear Holographic Data Storage System, the disc has a one terabyte storage capacity and one gigabyte transfer speed. The disc size is 12cm, comparable to that of a DVD and a CD."

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  1. Okay, maybe Mark Cuban was right by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's a big file format, and it will take a while to download.

  2. Finally, I will sell the (iI)nternet on Disks by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    First I will protect the internet from attack including This Land is My Land. And was Mark CueBall right about media size halting piracy? But, didn't we just read that size doesn't matter.

  3. Re:One gigabyte? by 56uSquareWave · · Score: 5, Funny

    No just one gig in total, once you have got that one gig you are stuck, so choose very very carefully!

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  4. White Album by jeffy210 · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Guess this means I'll have to buy the white album again..."

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  5. Excellent by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now I can carry Emacs around with me....uncompressed!

  6. so fast! by Lord+Ender · · Score: 5, Funny

    A 1 gigabyte transfer speed! That is so fast! I could store this new disk in my new 12-minute wide closet.

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    1. Re:so fast! by pete-classic · · Score: 5, Funny

      How do you know it's light minutes? Could be arc minutes. So now we just need to know how far he is from the closet.

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  7. In other news by endeitzslash · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sony has announced a new Holographic+ format that is identical in every way except that it is totally incompatible, requiring onerous license fees.

    Sony executives reached for comment would only say "Have you seen my new house? It's made of MONEY!".

  8. Special Edition by mitchellandrews · · Score: 5, Funny

    Does that mean I have to buy Star Wars again?

  9. I'm looking forward to the following shows.... by DeadBugs · · Score: 5, Funny

    NBC - The complete 1st season
    LOTR - Super extendend limited edition trilogy (1 disc set)
    Johnny Carson - The complete tonight show with audio commentary
    Google Cache Magazine - DVD-ROM
    And all of my 100's of DVD's being re-released in Super High Definition uncompressed format.

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  10. Re:One gigabyte? by bugnuts · · Score: 5, Funny

    My netflix movies come overnight. If I get 4, that works out to almost a gig per hour...

    As the saying goes, "Never underestimate the bandwidth of a truck loaded with tapes hurtling down the highway."

  11. Re:Don't tell me... by kfg · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, I mean really. I got mine used off ebay already. They didn't do a good job of cleaning it before offering it for sale though. I loaded it up and autoplay ran some movie of some chick with furry ear muffs saying "Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi. You're my only hope."

    Weird.

    KFG

  12. Re:What about durability? by baudilus · · Score: 5, Funny

    You're not talking about durability - you're talking about redundancy.

    You're not talking about durability - you're talking about redundancy.

    You're not talking about durability - you're talking about redundancy.

    You're not talking about durability - you're talking about redundancy.

  13. Re:This format is worthless. Pure profit motive. by mr_z_beeblebrox · · Score: 5, Funny

    When will the corps learn that customers don't want to be treated as mere cash cows?

    When it stops being lucrative.