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1TB Blu-Ray Compatible Optical Disc Announced

Posted by timothy on from the many-bytes-many-bits dept.

red_dragon writes "An article on The Register tells the news of an announcement of a new 1TB optical drive and disc that will be backwardly compatible with Blu-ray discs. The technology, developed by Call/Recall in partnership with Nichia, uses a rhodamine-type dye in a 200+-layer recording medium that gives off light when excited by a laser beam, along with a single fluid-filled lens to read multiple layers by varying the amount of fluid to change the focal length. The technology is designed to work with Nichia's blue-violet laser diodes, which are already used in Blu-ray drives."

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  1. Re:Typo by nacturation · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'd say layer -- having several hundred lasers in a single drive is a sure sign you've jumped the shark.

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  2. Re:Video uses by andrewd18 · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's hard to imagine a single movie on a 1 TB disc.
    Metal Gear Solid 5 will require three of these.
  3. 1TB disc! by jez9999 · · Score: 4, Funny

    How many libraries of congress could you hold on that?

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  4. Just great by Devin+Jeanpierre · · Score: 2, Funny

    And I thought I wasted my money buying a HD-DVD writer. Now I've gone and wasted my money on an ordinary Blu-Ray writer.

    Alright, I lied. I didn't buy either of those. In fact, I'm not going to buy this "rhodamine-type" enhanced backwards-compatible Blu-Ray drive, because that will soon be surpassed by a Super-deluxe backwards compatible "rhadamine-type" enhanced backwards-compatible Blu-Ray drive. To think I thought the race was over.

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    1. Re:Just great by morgan_greywolf · · Score: 4, Funny

      And I thought I wasted my money buying a HD-DVD writer. Now I've gone and wasted my money on an ordinary Blu-Ray writer. Alright, I lied. I didn't buy either of those. In fact, I'm not going to buy this "rhodamine-type" enhanced backwards-compatible Blu-Ray drive, because that will soon be surpassed by a Super-deluxe backwards compatible "rhadamine-type" enhanced backwards-compatible Blu-Ray drive. To think I thought the race was over.
      I dunno about you, but I'm still waiting for the dust to settle in the floppy disk wars; hence, I'm still doing my backups on 'datasettes'. BTW--anyone know where I can get these on sale? They're getting mighty expensive these days.
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  5. Re:Finally.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    And for you, only a DVD is required to store your mental state.

  6. Yes! by geekmansworld · · Score: 5, Funny

    All right everyone, the old Blu-Ray is obsolete! See how crappy the puny 1080p looks on your pathetic Sony widescreen? It is time for NEW-RAY.

    Throw out your entire video library once again and embrace NEW-RAY.

    1. Re:Yes! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      Actually it's time for Blu+Ray which is somewhat compatible with Blu-Ray and will play in some Blu-Ray players (just like real Blu-Ray disks). I'm just waiting for the Blu+/-Ray drives now

  7. Re:Excited... by geekmansworld · · Score: 4, Funny

    Que?

  8. Great, Just Great! by FurtiveGlancer · · Score: 2, Funny

    My users don't need MORE justification for never deleting anything!

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  9. Re:Typo by flyingsquid · · Score: 2, Funny

    Personally, I'm just thrilled by the idea of 1 terabyte disks. I can't wait until I can back up my entire porn collection with only 50 or 60 disks.