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noslodecoy on 28 April 2009
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Exblackman said:
noslodecoy said:
Not exciting until there is evidence that the format has an acceptable seek time (faster than blu-ray at it's launch) and an acceptable data rate.

The HVD also has a transfer rate of 1 Gbit/s (125 MB/s).This from wikipedia.I know don't is seek rate yet.

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Okay, it just moved a little bit... however, is that a theoritical possible transfer rate?

A planned model made before the standards were finalized was only going to have a transfer rate of 20 MB/s according to Wikipedia.

125MB/s would be twice the speed of the fastest blu-ray laser (56MB/s) and 13.8 times as fast as the blu-ray laser used in the PS3.  If 125 MB/s is going to be the base speed, a x2 model will most likely be available by a consoles release.

"However, holographic drives are projected to initially cost around US$15,000, and a single disc around US$120–180, although prices are expected to fall steadily"

Now let's just hope that the price does indeed plummet steadily.

Now if only we had a seek time.