Holographic-memory discs may put DVDs to shame

Brent · Post by **Brent** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 5:51 pm

http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns? ... news_rss20

holy crap 300 GB discs, 10 times faster read/write than DVD's

yikes

me like

time to start phasing out DVD's and get ready for the newest medium

wee96 · Post by **wee96** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 5:55 pm

If its not 9.2 million dollars for the drive and media, im there!

ToxicSplooge · Post by **ToxicSplooge** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 6:07 pm

My thread about this only lasted 22 seconds in the main forum before it was moved last night. Hopefully yours will have better luck!

Sony Blu-Ray, HD-DVD? just DRM laden crap! Hello Maxell holographic Disks!!

ToxicSplooge wrote:http://www.hiptechblog.com/2005/11/25/m ... echnology/

http://www.ohgizmo.com/2005/11/23/maxel ... ge-medium/

The first generation of this holographic media will come in only 300-gigabytes of storage capacity, and with a 20 MBPS transfer rate. Scheduled for release in late 2006

Up to 1.6-terabytes (or 1,600-gigabytes for those who can’t count) and transfer rates reaching 120 MBPS (megabytes, not bits!), Maxell’s latest holographic technology is a real breakthrough in optical media.

Thank God for a non-DRM laden alternative.

golfnintendoboy · Post by **golfnintendoboy** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 6:17 pm

It all comes down to price, reliability, and style. If it's got those, it could be a huge success.

wee96 · Post by **wee96** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 6:25 pm

ToxicSplooge wrote:My thread about this only lasted 22 seconds in the main forum before it was moved last night. Hopefully yours will have better luck!

Sony Blu-Ray, HD-DVD? just DRM laden crap! Hello Maxell holographic Disks!!

Sup Burke.

ToxicSplooge · Post by **ToxicSplooge** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 6:32 pm

wee96 wrote:Sup Burke.

sup peterpan

wee96 · Post by **wee96** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 6:35 pm

ToxicSplooge wrote:sup peterpan

Do people think that was me? ahaahah, it actually really isnt. I didnt proxy during that little explosion.

Brent · Post by **Brent** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 6:37 pm

wee96 wrote:I didnt proxy during that little explosion.

i have such a perverted mind, you don't want to know what that made me think of

golfnintendoboy · Post by **golfnintendoboy** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 6:38 pm

Brent wrote:i have such a perverted mind, you don't want to know what that made me think of

milkshake?

aagiants · Post by **aagiants** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 8:55 pm

wee96 wrote:If its not 9.2 million dollars for the drive and media, im there!

remember back in the day when cd-rw drives were 300$$ now they are like 20$

Leatherneck · Post by **Leatherneck** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 9:18 pm

aagiants wrote:remember back in the day when cd-rw drives were 300$$ now they are like 20$

Wow, what a bargain! My first CDROM Drive/Soundcard combo was $600! That sucker was a 2 speed though

I paid $600 for the drive/sound combo, $345 for a 486DX2-66 CPU and $579 for 8MB of ram. That was after the $1800 for the PC! $3300+ for a state of the art 486DX2-66 with 8MB ram, 170 MB HD and a x2 CDROM. I actually sold it for $2,000 and the fellow was tickled at the time.

wee96 · Post by **wee96** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 10:12 pm

aagiants wrote:remember back in the day when cd-rw drives were 300$$ now they are like 20$

Yea and they were 1-2x! Can get a 48x for $20 these days. I wanna go back in time and give myself one.