Suhit Gupta
07-22-2004, 11:00 AM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.i4u.com/article1802.html' target='_blank'>http://www.i4u.com/article1802.html</a><br /><br /></div><i>"TDK develops new DVD sized optical data disc with storage capacity of 23.3GB. The TDK disc is compatible with Sony's Professional Disc for Data. To protect the surface, TDK incorporated superhard-coating technology. The disc is read using blue-violet lasers."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/images/tdkdisc.jpg" /><br /><br />I wish I could read more about this but the full article can be found <a href="http://www.nni.nikkei.co.jp/AC/TNKS/Search/Nni20040719D19JSN03.htm">here</a> and I was just unable to get access. Anyways, the <a href="http://www.tdk.com/tecpress/032204_bluelaser.html">TDK press release</a> has some more information and also talks about the advantage of using blue laser based optical media.