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Pioneer develops 500GB Blu-ray compatible disc
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article published on 6 August, 2008
Just last month, we reported that Pioneer had developed a 400GB Blu-ray compatible disc. Today however, they have one-upped their previous announcement by announcing they have developed a 500GB disc that can be read by blue lasers and is technically compatible with Blu-ray.
The disc uses 20 layers at 25GB a piece to equal 500GB and has the capacity to store 10 times the amount of 1080p ... [ read the full article ]
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00lloyd
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6. August 2008 @ 14:59 |
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Good stuff. I wait for the day when I can convieniently get a whole TV season (maybe series) on one disc! In HD obviously.
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6. August 2008 @ 15:14 |
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I wonder what the cost will be 4 years from now?
It would be awesome to have an entire movies series on one disc. Evan has HDD's get bigger....no one will want one TV show taking up 1/4th of their HDD space.
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dragnandy
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6. August 2008 @ 20:55 |
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wow, 500gb, thats insane. thats like one of my HDD right there!!
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sgriesch
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6. August 2008 @ 23:17 |
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When will the public see this disc? Two to four years, expects Sheridan.
That's if BR is still around by then. Good to see that they are improving capacity. Does this mean prices for the lesser capacity will go down?
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squidge37
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7. August 2008 @ 15:58 |
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20 layers
I wonder if the disc would have to be 1/4" thick, or more.
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7. August 2008 @ 22:17 |
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oh great, not like 50gb discs arent pricey already.
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embo22000
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8. August 2008 @ 09:02 |
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Originally posted by Vanilla66:
oh great, not like 50gb discs arent pricey already.
Newer technology means older tech will become cheaper.
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kiaghi7
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8. August 2008 @ 18:02 |
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Indeed, I still have disgruntling memories of paying obscene (by today's standard) prices for DVD-R media when it was new, and CD-R well before that, and the prices were ridiculous because it was new, now today the cost is pocket change particularly when bought in bulk (DVD-R DL's still need to come down, A LOT).
BD-R's are completely insane right now, but that's because the proliferation and competition simply doesn't exist yet, but it will come in time just as every media before it, and soon enough (i.e. the next 2-3 years) media speeds will climb, production will skyrocket, and prices will fall sharply to a fraction of what they are now. Moore is still getting it right all these years later :D
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9. August 2008 @ 11:36 |
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When will the public see this disc? Two to four years, expects Sheridan.
That's if BR is still around by then. Good to see that they are improving capacity. Does this mean prices for the lesser capacity will go down?
blue ray will exist it won the format war and do you think studios will abandon 100million ps3s in peoples homes the market is opening up for blue ray tv adds a few years ago used to be "available in vhs and dvd"then it turned around to "dvd and vhs" today im hearing adds "available in dvd and blue ray from monday"
blue ray is well on its way get over it
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kiaghi7
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11. August 2008 @ 16:07 |
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Sorry to burst your bubble fergus100, but only about 14.5 million PS3's have sold world wide as of June 08, not that it's a small number, but well short of 100 million.
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sgriesch
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12. August 2008 @ 13:23 |
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When will the public see this disc? Two to four years, expects Sheridan.
That's if BR is still around by then. Good to see that they are improving capacity. Does this mean prices for the lesser capacity will go down?
blue ray will exist it won the format war and do you think studios will abandon 100million ps3s in peoples homes the market is opening up for blue ray tv adds a few years ago used to be "available in vhs and dvd"then it turned around to "dvd and vhs" today im hearing adds "available in dvd and blue ray from monday"
blue ray is well on its way get over it
It's not about abandoning our PS3's, which I own one. It's about whether the general public is going to pay $30 per movie to replace their DVD library. Blu-Ray didn't win the format war. The opposition just sold out. Finally, do you know what a run-on sentence is?
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hermes_vb
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15. August 2008 @ 18:10 |
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It's a shame Big Interests are blocking mass production of affordable recordable high capacity media. I would really like to back up gigs of personal data like home movies and pictures on a single disc. The fears of piracy keep it from happening...
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