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Pioneer Promises 400GB Optical Discs
schliz writes "Pioneer has developed a 16-layer read-only optical disc which it claims can store 400GB of data. The per-layer capacity is 25GB, the same as that of a Blu-ray Disc, and the multilayer technology will also be applicable to multilayer recordable discs."
This is one of somewhere closing on quadrillion (give or take a gazillion) super-duper high capacity optical formats that have been prematurely hyped and then disappeared.
That's what she said!
Will it play in my HDDVD player?
I don't know what an optical disk is, but an optical disc greater than your already exists in various telescopes and such.
They're very shiny.
Now you can order a collection of ALL the pornography on the internet on an easy-to-ship 150 disc set. Pioneer drive required.
Its amazing how much data you can cram on a 12" thick disc.
Let me guess, it's going to be used to ship the next version of Duke Nukem.
I've calculated my velocity with such exquisite precision that I have no idea where I am.
No, Laserdisks are (were) high capacity coasters. You could put an entire six-pack on them. These will just hold one drink, like all the other AOL disks.
Faster! Faster! Faster would be better!
A 500 GB HDD costs less than a single one of these discs, is reliable, rewritable a million times, lasts decades if properly stored, is already available, is faster, and requires no fancy hardware.
And there's always tape for true archiving.
But you can't go out and buy ST:TNG seasons 1-7 on HDD.
But as soon as a generous person does, no one else needs to ;)
Honestly, I don't even need 1080p - aXX0 releases on TPB are good enough for me!
Now all we need is a Station Wagon to transport them in.
"I've explained HD vs dvd this way. In H. Potter chamber of secrets in the scene where he fights the basilisk. If you can't see how many zits HP has on his face under the makeup then HD would let you."
Golly, why didn't anyone tell me this before?? On my way to Best Buy right n
... have some sort of predictive system that deletes the less popular movies, keeping them available to download again if you decide to watch it again.
"Howard the Duck", "Ishtar" and the ST:TOS episode "Spock's Brain" would never last under such an algorithm.
Bearded Dragon
It's read only! How are they going to get 400 GB onto something onto which they can't write?
Do they mean WORM? (Is there some marketing problem with that acronym, maybe?)