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45GB Triple-Layer HD DVDs

Posted by timothy on from the my-laptop's-drive-now-feels-tiny dept.

m4c north writes "Toshiba has developed a new DVD-ROM: 45GB spread over 3 layers. From the press release (which has a few illustrations) the new discs have the ability "to record twelve hours of high-definition movies on a single disc." They've also added a "dual-layer hybrid ROM disc comprised of a dual-layer HD DVD-ROM side and a dual-layer DVD-ROM side." Japan Today's article adds, "The huge capacity means that a single disk can store a Hollywood movie trilogy." Do I smell yet another Star Wars re-re-release? Toshiba will take the wraps off the new DVDs at the Media-Tech Expo 2005 in Las Vegas. The HD DVD Promotion group offers the press release in PDF."

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  1. Great! by Gr33nNight · · Score: 3, Funny

    Now it will only take 20 of these to backup my porn!

  2. Re:In Search of a Standard... by Walt+Dismal · · Score: 4, Funny

    45 GB and a 55 gallon drum of Astroglide... I'll be set for life!

  3. Need More Cheetos by lbmouse · · Score: 3, Funny

    Twelve hours of high-definition pr0n on a single disc.

    1. Re:Need More Cheetos by JudgeFurious · · Score: 4, Funny

      Cheetos?
      WTF do you do when you're watching porn?

      C'mon, start talking. The rest of us want to know whether or not to be afraid.

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    2. Re:Need More Cheetos by saider · · Score: 4, Funny


      A man walks into the doctor's office complaining of a discolored penis. Doctor gives him a pill and asks him to return in a week.

      He comes back the following week with the same condition. Doctor tries a stronger medication and again asks for a follow up.

      The third visit shows no improvement so the doctor asks what he's been doing with it lately.

      "Same thing I do every night. Come home from work, grab a beer and a bag of Cheetos(TM) and watch some porn."

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  4. Deja vu all over again by amliebsch · · Score: 3, Funny

    This is what, the 42nd new DVD format this week?

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  5. Trilogy on one disk by Nf1nk · · Score: 4, Funny

    Not long ago I purchased the "Smokey and the Bandit" trilogy on DVD ($12.50 at Staples), and was suprised that it fit on one DVD.
    They used the trick of the double sided DVD to acomplish this mission.
    Since only Smokey and the Bandit 3 is on one side I can safely say that there at least one side with no quality data on it (how horrble must a script be for Burt Renolds to turn it down?)

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  6. Re:Fine. Whatever. by dr.badass · · Score: 4, Funny

    I had a roommate in 96/97 that refused to buy CD's because something better might come out.

    Something better did come out in in 1998. It was called Napster.

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  7. One drive to read them all by IPFreely · · Score: 4, Funny

    Three Drives for the Movie-kings who plunder and ply,
    Seven for the Hardware-lords all but clones,
    Nine for Portal Men doomed to buy
    One for the DRM Lord on his dark throne
    In the Land of Discs where the data lies.
    One Drive to read them all, One Drive to write them,
    One Drive to bring them all and with their lasers byte them
    In the Land of Discs where the data lies.

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