Xbox720/PS4-Bypassing Blu-Ray For Holography

[Exblackman]

noslodecoy said:

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.

The funny thing is if this tech is like the one Nintendo and Inphase Tech patented together called HDS (Holographic data storage) than the seek time would Be based on wikipedia "Files on the holographic drive can be accessed in less than 200 milliseconds " from wiki

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