Fujifilm Blu-ray & HD DVD Media Mid 2006

Michael writes to tell us TheTechLounge is reporting that Fuji Film has announced the release of Blu-Ray and HD DVD media by mid 2006. From the article: "Consumers are driving demand for interactive gaming and entertainment applications that require enormous storage capacity," noted Steve Solomon, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Recording Media Division, Fuji Photo Film U.S.A. "Fujifilm coating technology will ensure the precision and quality of signal strength in these new media formats. The success of new recording technologies depends on the availability of affordable, reliable media and our scientists are already working to perfect next-generation storage solutions, long before they hit the market."

Comments

Cool

[Anonymous Coward]

I'll pick up a few when I go out for my copy of Duke Nuken Forever in my rocket car.

Consumers Driving Demand?

[TooMuchEspressoGuy]

I'm sure they're *also* demanding the enormous hardware upgrade costs that will inevitably come with a new media standard.

/sarcasm

Cool MEDIA!!

[TheDoctorWho]

Where's my player/recorder/for $1000+ Alex?

Good god

[grasshoppa]

That "article" is a press release. Written by Fugifilm, or someone that thinks very very highly of them.

I mean, it's nice to know that they predict mid 2006 for the arrival of the media, but that's really the only nugget of news in both the article and /. summary.

Re:Good god

[underpar]

Only through leading chemical knowledge and manufacturing expertise can a company produce this precise a product with durability and performance, at a competitive cost.

That's not marketing speak! That's honest journalism.

WHA?

[LividBlivet]

"or 8,000 times more data than a human brain retains in a lifetime." Since when did the human brain retain 125GB of data? Anyone know where this comes from or did they just pull it out of their ass?

Re:WHA?

[Lugae]

Maybe it's stored in .DOC format.

What Would Bob Metcalfe Say?

[DysenteryInTheRanks]

I was at Best Buy and am pretty sure I overheard Bob Metcalfe going off to one of the sales staff about how much _both_ nex-gen DVD formats suck, since neither can handle the forthcoming Video Internet. He suggested that newer DVD formats be developed to take hold in the next few years.

So I'd, you know, save my money for now. (You'll probably need it for a new operating system anyway, based on some other stuff he was saying.)

Re:What Would Bob Metcalfe Say?

[chris_eineke]

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Its gots us a New Meme.

Sincerely,
    the Slashdot Hive Mind

Ram Doubler

[Anonymous Coward]

The Human Brain can take up 125 gb of starage unless you get a ram doubler, this will enable a maximum starage capacity of 300gb, but you have to watch out for memory leakage if you dont offload it in 24hours

Re:See ya in '08

[spacefight]

If HD DVD and Blu-ray are a format war, I'm living in Switzerland.

Welcome to Switzerland :)

Re:"ensure the precision [...] of signal strength"

[Jafafa Hots]

"How exactly do you make a binary signal more 'precise'?"

Green magic marker.