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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

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

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.

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

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.

wee96 wrote:Sup Burke.

sup peterpan

ToxicSplooge wrote:sup peterpan

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

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

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

milkshake?

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$

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.

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.