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masterb8tr on 09 August 2008
TheRealMafoo said:
selnor said:
I wonder if DVD quad layer is possible? That would give 18gb on one disc on one side?

 

If you did this, you would have to release all new players, as todays would not read them. It would also cost a lot more.

The biggest problem with that, is in the end you have an all new format that only suppots 18 gig. Why would you want to do that when you have a current, and suppoted, format that supports 50 gig? (and 200 gig in testing).

 

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Burgles on 09 August 2008
horriblebastard said:
I guess it would also depend on whether the range of drives used in 360 consoles could handle that format. Are those discs supported by all DVD drives?

Maybe cost is a factor too, if 1 of those discs costs more than 2 DVD9s, plus MS use a particular structure for their discs that only actually leaves around 7.3GB of space for a game. Perhaps that would also be affected if those discs were used? There has to be some logical reason otherwise they could double the space easily.

Of course they can!

Don't debate what you don't unnderstand.

If YOU are not sure then say YOU are not sure, don't ask the question as if you actually putting it out there for everyone.

All drives can handle a DVD-18....Also called a "flipper"...They are horrible things though.

 



Burgles on 09 August 2008
masterb8tr said:
TheRealMafoo said:
selnor said:
I wonder if DVD quad layer is possible? That would give 18gb on one disc on one side?

 

If you did this, you would have to release all new players, as todays would not read them. It would also cost a lot more.

The biggest problem with that, is in the end you have an all new format that only suppots 18 gig. Why would you want to do that when you have a current, and suppoted, format that supports 50 gig? (and 200 gig in testing).

 

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 (in testing) ;)

Not the point though. They could have a disc with 1TB available, it comes down to cost Vs practicallities.

Not "my I already have a large penis".



TheRealMafoo on 09 August 2008
Burgles said:
masterb8tr said:
TheRealMafoo said:
selnor said:
I wonder if DVD quad layer is possible? That would give 18gb on one disc on one side?

 

If you did this, you would have to release all new players, as todays would not read them. It would also cost a lot more.

The biggest problem with that, is in the end you have an all new format that only suppots 18 gig. Why would you want to do that when you have a current, and suppoted, format that supports 50 gig? (and 200 gig in testing).

 

500

 

 (in testing) ;)

Not the point though. They could have a disc with 1TB available, it comes down to cost Vs practicallities.

Not "my I already have a large penis".

 

wtf does this post even mean? Someone asked if a format could be made to be larger, and we pointed out that it's pointless because it would be far smaller then a format that's already out, and would cost more to boot.

How does that have anything to do with your lack of penis size?