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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. Too bad... by HotNeedleOfInquiry · · Score: 0, Troll

    There's not been 45 fsking gigabytes of content made in the last 2 years I'd want to waste my time viewing.

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  2. Re:In Search of a Standard... by Fred_A · · Score: 0, Troll

    AC meet soap, soap meet AC.

    Now you've been introduced, go play together, you probably haven't met in a while.

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