45GB Triple-Layer HD DVDs

Posted by timothy on Wednesday May 11, 2005 @04:49AM 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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Duke Nukem Forever... by dark-br · 2005-05-11 05:19 · Score: 1, Offtopic

...will come out on a single disc! Finaly!
Re:In Search of a Standard... by S.O.B. · 2005-05-11 06:14 · Score: 1, Offtopic

Real men are cut . . . without anesthesia.

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Do I smell yet another Star Wars re-re-release? by Mike+Markley · 2005-05-11 06:20 · Score: 1, Offtopic

This is all relatively secret, but yes, there will be another rerelease of the original trilogy. First, though, the LucasFilm team will have to work out some minor changes...