Toshiba Touts 51GB HD DVD

srizah writes to mention that Toshiba plans to launch a 51 GB HD DVD, with a 1 GB advantage over Sony's Blu-ray disc. From the article: Toshiba has submitted a triple-layer, 51GB HD DVD-ROM disc to the standard's overseer in the hope the technology will be adopted as a standard by the end of the year. If approved, it allow the format to exceed the 50GB storage capacity of rival medium Blu-ray Disc. The HD DVD standard currently defines single- and dual-layer discs capable of holding 15GB and 30GB of data, respectively."

Comments

Fifty one!

[plover]

Ours goes to 51. Yes, but you see -- that's one more, isn't it? Fifty-one is one more than fifty, that's what makes it so special. It's one more.

Re:Fifty one!

[L7_]

I always think of that hitchiker clip in "Something about Mary" when I hear of these comparisons:

Hitchiker: You heard of this thing the 8-minute abs?
Guy: Yeah, sure, 8-minute abs. Yeah, the exercise video.
Hitchiker: This is going to blow that right out of the water. Listen to this. 7-minute abs. Right.
Guy: Yes. OK, all right, I see where you're going.
Hitchiker: You walk into a video store. There's 8-minute abs and 7-minute abs beside it. Which one are you going to pick?
Guy: I'm... I would go for the seven.
Hitchiker: Bingo, man, bingo. 7-minute abs. ...

Priceless...

[andrewd18]

R&D: Billions of dollars.
Marketing: More billions of dollars.

Squeezing that extra GB out of your next-gen DVD to claim your format is "better": Priceless.

Re:The Important Question

[sharkey]

A REAL slashdotter wouldn't have to ask. A REAL slashdotter would already know.