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Turner Testing Holographic Storage

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the as-the-world-turners dept.

Izmunuti writes "An article in ComputerWorld describes tests by Turner Entertainment of a holographic storage system from InPhase Technologies as a possible replacement for magnetic tape for storing their movies and other programs for playback and broadcast. The article states that each holographic disk holds 300 GBytes." Even more impressive is the cost per terabyte estimated for just a few years down the road.

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  1. A few years down the road... by w.p.richardson · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Mmmmmm... vapor...

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    Curb CO2 emissions: Kill yourself today!

    1. Re:A few years down the road... by n0d3 · · Score: 4, Insightful

      You do realize that inphase actually has working prototypes. Turner is actually TESTING it allready.

      Secondly, E-Ink is real. Sony has made a book like reader device with it. The reason you don't see it everywhere is because the creators (among Philips) doesn't think it's ready (speedwise they are improving still) but more importantly they don't wanna go all out until it has color. Nobody wants black and white screens anymore. Oh and yes, they are quite advanced with that aswell.

      And Duke Nukem forever will arrive ... some day : )

  2. Re:To Little To Late by suso · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Well, they have been talking about holographic storage for almost 20 years now and one would have thought it would have been here 5 years ago with a TB or more of storage, which would have been something. But now they are saying 1.6TB by 2010. Come on. Hard drives in 2010 will probably be 1.6TB or more.