TDK Develops 100GB Blu-ray Disc

[James Fee]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,120896,tk,dn051905X,00.asp' target='_blank'>http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,120896,tk,dn051905X,00.asp</a><br /><br /></div><i>"TDK has developed a prototype Blu-ray Disc that can store twice as much data, and record it at twice the speed, as existing Blu-ray Discs. The disc, unveiled at a TDK exhibition in Tokyo this week, can record data at 72 megabits per second, double the 36 mbps rate for current Blu-ray Discs. TDK increased the write speed by using a more powerful laser and making some changes to the material of the disc's recording layer, says Nobuyuki Koike, a spokesperson for TDK. To achieve the higher capacity, TDK added two additional recording layers to the disc to take it up to four layers. Blu-ray Disc stores 25GB on each recording layer and the standard currently includes single layer and dual layer versions."</i><br /><br /> <img src="http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/images/TDK_BluRay.jpg" /> <br /><br />Yea, yea.... 100GB is very nice, but how about working with each other to figure out a "standard"? Still 100GB on an optical disc blows my mind away. I'd buy it. :lol:

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Are we back on caddies now?

[jizmo]

I really really really really *really* hope they'd keep 'em inside nice casing this time around that protects the disc, like in this picture.

We keep them on separate casing anyway, what's the use of having to take out the most vulnerable part of the storage media, smudge it with a few finger prints, add a few scratches and then put it back to its case? No matter how careful I am, I always manage to damage my disks eventually (if I use them regulary).

It'd be a lot easier too to be able to reach for a bluray/hd-dvd disk and to be able to insert it to player right out of shelf.

/jizmo

[Felix Torres]

Are we back on caddies now?

Blu-ray has *always* been in caddies.
BD-ROM, the movie derivative, is supposed to be bare disks.
Of course, BD-ROM exists solely on paper...

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I really really really really *really* hope they'd keep 'em inside nice casing this time around that protects the disc, like in this picture.

We keep them on separate casing anyway, what's the use of having to take out the most vulnerable part of the storage media, smudge it with a few finger prints, add a few scratches and then put it back to its case? No matter how careful I am, I always manage to damage my disks eventually (if I use them regulary).

It'd be a lot easier too to be able to reach for a bluray/hd-dvd disk and to be able to insert it to player right out of shelf.

/jizmo

Huh, never thought of it that way. Just seemed a little mid eighties for a while there. Good point, go caddies!

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Are we back on caddies now?

Blu-ray has *always* been in caddies.
BD-ROM, the movie derivative, is supposed to be bare disks.
Of course, BD-ROM exists solely on paper...

I'm swayed now so they'd better put caddies on movies too.