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Blu-ray Proposes Incompatible BD-XL and IH-BD Formats
adeelarshad82 writes "The Blu-ray Disc Association announced upcoming specifications for high-capacity write-once and rewritable discs. The BDA proposed two new formats, BDXL, the name given to new 100GB and 128GB discs; and IH-BD, a so-called 'Intra-Hybrid' disc that will incorporate both read-only and rewritable layers. Specifications for both disc types will be published during the upcoming months. Both formats will be incompatible with existing hardware; however, new players designed to take advantage of the new formats will be able to play back existing Blu-ray discs, which are available in both 25 and 50GB capacity points."
I'm hoping everybody remembers this and the ongoing gouging for BD movies next time Sony is involved in a format war.
Do you even know what the word "archiving" means? Hard drives are great for backup and storage but if you want to archive data for a long time, say over a decade, A hard drive is not guaranteed to last, it's life span is only about 5 years. If the technology proves to be reliable and an accepted standard hardware component, there would be many places that would invest in something that allows them to archive their entire database, store it and forget it until needed.