| Linkasf said: Nah the future will be those 500 gig disks that I can't remember the name of xD |
I think you're talking about HVD's, or Holographic Versatile Discs. There's a few problems with those, though. One, Blu-ray is already starting to take hold of the HD market, so coming out with that tech in the next few years, if they come out with it at all, would definitely be seen as pointless and not needed. Two, the price of initial players are estimated to be at ~ $15,000, while a disc would be ~ $120. Who's going to pay that much when Blu-ray is already selling around the price of DVD's and HVD offers no real advantage? Which brings me to point three, space. The advantage of any of these new discs is space available. HVD HOPES to eventually be able to do 4 TB, but have only been able to accomplish 500GB. In 2008, Pioneer already unveiled a 400 GB Blu-ray disc that can be played on current players with a firmware update, hoping to have a 1 TB by 2013. And earlier this year, Sony announced they are working on a slightly altered blue laser that will make 1 TB, and maybe above, Blu-ray discs easier to do. So basically, soon we'll have a Blu-ray that holds more than most have in their laptop, right now. I think Blu-ray is here for the long haul.
Edit: Whoops. Forgot another negative about HVD's. They use a green laser, which is more powerful than the ones Blu-ray and DVD players use. In other words, a new stronger plastic will have to be made for the discs. So, no backwards compatability with Blu-rays or DVDs. Unless, of course, you want to melt the plastic off the disc.
