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Plexiglass-like DVD to Hold 1TB of Data

Posted by Zonk on from the bigger-and-bigger-storage dept.

jcatcw writes "Lucas Mearian at ComputerWorld has a story about a company that plans to demonstrate a new DVD-format at the January CES conference. The .6mm thick disc stores 500GB of data by writing 5GB of data on each of 100 layers within a polymer material similar to Plexiglass. The Israel-based company, Mempile Inc., said its TeraDisc DVDs will offer 1TB of storage for consumers in the next few years, but it's also targeting corporate data archive needs with the new technology that write bits at the molecular level on the florescent-colored polymer. The company plans to sell its first product, a 700GB disc for $30."

12 of 166 comments (clear)

  1. wow by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    so much porn...

    and I'm spent.

  2. I only have one wish... by Jugalator · · Score: 5, Funny

    No format war. Please!

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    1. Re:I only have one wish... by antek9 · · Score: 4, Funny

      There'll be no format war. The first retail product exclusively using this disc format will be Duke Nukem Forever, which will settle any wars, and at the same time, time will have run out for good.

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  3. $30 ? by fishybell · · Score: 5, Funny

    The company plans to sell its first product, a 700GB disc for $30

    Unfortunately their second product, the disc burning drive, won't be available for several years.

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    1. Re:$30 ? by jd · · Score: 2, Funny

      No, the second product is the disk reading drive. The third product will be the disk writing drive, and the fourth will be the drivers needed to use the second and third products.

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  4. Think of the portability.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    I can then fit my entire pr0n collection on just 4 discs!

    1. Re:Think of the portability.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      Only 4? Heh, n00b...

    2. Re:Think of the portability.. by Smordnys+s'regrepsA · · Score: 4, Funny

      That's nothing, I can finally download my own internet!

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  5. Re:Data Integrity Over Time? by bcattwoo · · Score: 5, Funny

    That 10-15 years is only on burned media. Great. How is one supposed to use this as a backup without burning it? Just write your data out on them with a Sharpie. Or even better, scratch it into the plastic with something sharp.
  6. Re:Dammit by Chris+Burke · · Score: 4, Funny

    Say, you don't happen to work for Sony, do you?

    Naw, you can tell because he said you were to be honored, and that you're special. If he worked for Sony, he would have called you an ingrate for complaining in the first place, and lazy for not getting a second job to buy the newest mega-storage format.

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  7. Re:Every one of these formats are worth jack by ArAgost · · Score: 2, Funny

    I spent ~$30 for 15 duel-layer DVDs Did you manage to get them to stop fighting each other?
  8. Re:Dammit by jd · · Score: 2, Funny

    Then why are new kernels always released -after- I finish compiling the last one? :)

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