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Toshiba Touts 51GB HD DVD

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the i-thought-you-said-it-was-a-good-size dept.

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."

3 of 236 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Fifty one! by Ucklak · · Score: 0, Troll
    No, He (Bill Gates) did say it.

    I got this off the internet:


    640K ought to be enough for anybody.
    Bill Gates, 1981.
    --
    if you steal from one source, that is plagiarism, if you steal from many, well, that's just research.
  2. Re:200GB 51GB by loganrapp · · Score: -1, Troll
    It's called porn. Sony won't allow it.

    Guess what? That's where they'll lose.

    Why?

    THE PORN INDUSTRY IS BIGGER THAN RON JEREMY

  3. Won't Matter by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    The XBOX360 only has a DVD drive built in.

    The PS3 has a blu-ray drive already built in.

    If you want the HD-DVD external drive add-on for XBOX360 it'll cost you an additional $200, pushing the cost of the premium XBOX360 up to $600

    The blu-ray already has a larger installed base than HD-DVD drives via the PS3 and already has more movie studios on its side.