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Pioneer Promises 400GB Optical Discs

Posted by timothy on from the place-for-their-stuff dept.

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."

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  1. Limited time offer by cazbar · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now you can order a collection of ALL the pornography on the internet on an easy-to-ship 150 disc set. Pioneer drive required.

  2. Re:Read Only? by ColdWetDog · · Score: 5, Funny

    So essentially these are high-capacity coasters?

    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.

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  3. Re:Blu Ray by 8282now · · Score: 5, Funny

    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 ;)