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famousringo on 27 April 2009
Majin-Tenshinhan said:
If this is true, doesn't it essentially eliminate Blu-Ray?

 

Not really. Bluray could enjoy a long and productive life before this product is available to the mass market at reasonable prices.

What they don't touch on is read/write speed. A 100x increase in capacity isn't so hot if you can't pull the data off any faster than a DVD. Certain flash technologies look like they might offer similar storage at blazing speeds and prices which are low enough.



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mrstickball on 27 April 2009

famous - The technique used to read/write HVD storage is much faster than a DVD, but not exponentially faster in the increase of size.

The typical technique involves using multiple lasers, and blending their light(s) together to access certain areas of a holodisk, as opposed to reading on the mere surface. Since the player has multiple lasers, it increases the actual speed of reading the material, from my understanding.



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