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Blu-Ray DVDs Hit 100 GB

Posted by Zonk on from the that's-a-lot-of-movie dept.

Xesdeeni writes "According to The Register and MacWorld, TDK has unveiled a Blu-Ray DVD with four layers that will hold a whopping 100 GB of data. This is shortly after the previously reported HD-DVD announced three-layer HD-DVD that would hold a "mere" 45 GB. Unfortunately, this is also on the heels of the news that the HD DVD unification talks have stalled."

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  1. Multiple Standards by bunburyist · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This multiple format business is a mess. Look at the problems with SACD and DVD-A. Nobody is buying them (and if the music industry stopped suing people and promoted those formats that are so much better than downloaded music they would actually make more money because there is new value there.)

    But back to the topic at hand: The industry would benefit more from having ONE SINGLE TRUE UNIFIED STANDARD as opposed to a couple of standards, which would confuse people. The public at large (Joe Sixpack) gets all confused with this 2-format thing. They want to buy a movie and play it, not worry about if this disc will play on their type of player. When we have one unified standard, confusion is reduced, people can just buy and make the industry happy. The the industry focus can be put on actually releasing content and worthwhile stuff, as opposed to teaching consumers that they need a different player for their Fox releases versus some other studio and then wondering why people don't buy any of these confusing and conflicting products.

    1. Re:Multiple Standards by mbbac · · Score: 4, Insightful
      This multiple format business is a mess. Look at the problems with SACD and DVD-A. Nobody is buying them (and if the music industry stopped suing people and promoted those formats that are so much better than downloaded music they would actually make more money because there is new value there.)
      Early adopters aren't buying them because all of the discs are encumbered with DRM unlike CDs. Without early adopters, there is no one to influence the mainstream. Thus little market for SACD and DVD-A.
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      mbbac

  2. Size is no longer the issue by kneecarrot · · Score: 5, Insightful

    After a certain threshold, the capacity of the next generation DVD standard ceases to matter as much as cost, ease of use, and compatibility. So Sony/Toshiba... please step up and convince me of these issues instead of throwing capacity numbers around!

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    I always save my last mod point to mod up a good troll. You people are too serious.

  3. Re:and everyone is still using floppies : ) by Mr+Smidge · · Score: 5, Insightful

    TFA says that Blu-Ray discs are still more prone to scratching than DVDs.

    How about one of these four-layer discs with built-in redundancy to improve that?

    i.e. a 50GB disc with four layers, two of which are redundant?

    For archival purposes, I'd buy it.

  4. Scratches by Niekie · · Score: 4, Insightful

    100 GB of data on a DVD? I think we're putting too much trust in those little discs, no matter how handy they are.. Would sure be very painful if you'd scratch it and lose 100 GB's of data.