Sony's Blue-Violet Laser the Future Blu-ray?

JoshuaInNippon writes "Japanese researchers from Sony and Tohoku University announced the development of a 'blue-violet ultrafast pulsed semiconductor laser,' which Sony is aiming to use for optical disks. The new technology, with 'a laser wavelength of 405 nanometers in the blue-violet region' and a power out put 'more than a hundred times the world's highest output value for conventional blue-violet pulse semiconductor lasers,' is believed to be capable of holding more than 20 times the information of current Blu-ray technology, while retaining a practical size. Japanese news reports have speculated that one blue-violet disk could be capable of holding more than 50 high-quality movie titles, easily fitting entire seasons of popular TV shows like 24. When the technology may hit markets was not indicated."

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By the time they've made this into a real product

[francium de neobie]

We'd already be walking around with 500GB USB sticks.

Or worse, we'd be walking around with 1Gbps wireless connections and we'd be streaming HD movies from YouTube.

So unless they've figured out how to cram like 1PB or even 1EB on an optical disc, they're walking down a blind alley.

Re:By the time they've made this into a real produ

[sexconker]

We'd already be walking around with 500GB USB sticks.

Or worse, we'd be walking around with 1Gbps wireless connections and we'd be streaming HD movies from YouTube.

And the "HD" YouTube videos would still look like shit.

Re:Another new format?

[Mordok-DestroyerOfWo]

The difference in going from VHS to DVD was far more substantial than going from DVD to Blu-Ray. No more rewinding, easy seeking, a menu system. Blu-Ray does have a higher quality, but doesn't provide enough new features to warrant upgrading my entire DVD collection...especially when a decent upconverter can be purchased for relatively cheap. Some titles I have purchased for Blu-Ray, Casino Royale, and Dark Knight look gorgeous in high definition. Duck Soup and Spaceballs, however will likely stay in my collection as DVDs.

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[Peach Rings]

If your storage medium has to explicitly allow your content then someone is doing it terribly, terribly wrong.